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Originally Posted by transplant99
I call nonsense on this claim. I see vehicles being used for commerce every single day that wouldn't pass any sort of inspection process...demanding or not. (In fact I'm going to try and post a photo that I took myself a couple weeks ago to prove this) That's why when you see those commercial/truck check stops, they tow away vehicle after vehicle. They simply aren't mechanically safe in any sense of the word. And those aren't city stops IIRC, they are set up by Alberta transportation.
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Sounds to me that they are being inspected then, perhaps just not as frequently as they should be.
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I would really like to hear a serious and well thought out reason to oppose UBER instead of this stupid attempt at distraction. Though I suspect such an argument does not exist.
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There are plenty:
-The Uber driver insurance issues
-The attempt to mis-classify employees as contractors and general need to prevent corporations from exploitative relationships with labor
-The ability of a city to best determine transportation options inside its borders
-Taxation (though for Calgary, more of a federal thing)
-Background checks on drivers
-Avoiding race to the bottoms as has historically happened with unregulated driving for hire
Anyways, it's not as though Calgary is alone in opposing Uber. They've been banned in multiple cities and countries.