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Originally Posted by Fuzz
That's the problem. They are given a professional drivers license by the province with little diligence, and we end up with this. If you have a problem with Uber drivers, take it up with the government.
The nature of the job doesn't require them to look at the screen all the time, that's nonsense. A failure to learn the city and how to navigate isn't a requirement. That's choice.
https://ama.ab.ca/registries/auto/dr...cences/class-4
No one even gets in a vehicle with them to see if their paper knowledge transfers to real world skill. This is a failure of governance, not a problem because they are immigrants. The only people to blame here are voters. But oh ya, you don't think that's fair. |
This is an issue everywhere, this isn't some localized AB issue where the UCP government is allowing whomever to get classified as a pro driver where they aren't. It's not that Skip drivers in Manitoba or Toronto are vastly superior in maneuvering skills compared to Calgary. Everybody the same hot garbage because these are exceedingly low paying jobs for people when everything is factored in, often with a low barrier to entry. Heck you would be amazed at how often random people who are not actually Uber certified are actually driving Uber on the side. Who's actually paying attention to what the driver looks like? Like the driver, most people are neck deep on their screens. These big companies don't give a crap. Everybody puts up with this garbage service from everywhere.
It's the way the system is designed. Let's get low IQ, entry level workers who are "contractors" as drivers, effectively don't pay them properly, big business charges small business and users of said services (Amazon, Skip, Uber, Door Dash etc etc) effective rent for the rest of their lives on both buy side/sell side to enrich a few dozen people globally.
The system I described above is what the union and Canada Post workers are fighting against. When the union and workers bring up how Amazon deliver at night when it's cold and icy out as being dangerous , someone needs to be honest with them. Canadian's and the world rapidly does not care. We want packages and your broken ankle and concussion be dammed at 8 pm on a snowy Tuesday.
Full disclosure: I don't use Uber, Skip, food delivery apps, Amazon etc.
I explained a while ago when people complain about the parking of said services and their drivers that we, as a society are to blame. People want a single pasta sauce or 2 coffees or a tube of toothpaste delivered, when the driver is making $2 in -30, where would people expect them to park? In a proper parking spot waayyyyyy down the street? Ya right.
