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Originally Posted by jammies
They are caught in an unwinnable situation where on one hand they cannot cave into what uber wants due to legal and liability issues, and on the other hand they have public outcry to do exactly that.
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Over the last 5 years the city could have easily come up with a bylaw that prevented them from legal and liability issues, one that they will come up with anyways, if they wanted to.
Uber exists in over 64 countries, it operates legally in dozens of cities. Calgary could have easily come up with a bylaw outlining what was required of Uber and if Uber or it's drivers didn't (or couldn't in the case of something like insurance) want to follow those requirements no one would be blaming the city at all. They didn't. The bylaw stills simply states:
http://www.calgary.ca/_layouts/cocis...edirect=1&sf=1
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No Person shall advertise or offer a Motor Vehicle for hire unless that Motor Vehicle
has:
(a) a valid T.P.L. or A.T.P.L. ; or
(b) a valid L.P.L.;
joined to the Motor Vehicle.
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(I.E. If you ain't a taxi you're #### out of luck)
And then they hide behind public safety issue, while studies have shown that the introduction of ride-sharing programs and companies, like Uber, reduce the rate of DUI deaths. Bull####.