In message
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ember.org, at 15:07:56 on Mon, 5 Oct 2015, Recliner
remarked:
Yes, and thousands of them are "moved on". Better for them not to be
causing the anti-social menace in the first place.
How do you propose to stop them? Even with the 5 minute "delay" they
will still no doubt wait in places where they are near to a likely job.

It'll dramatically reduce the touting and plying for hire.

If anything it would increase it. Customers don't want to be forced to
pointlessly wait so would be more inclined to go with a driver offering
an illegal service. I certainly would.

Depends when you think people order a Uber. Is it when they are stood on
the pavement outside the venue in the pouring rain, or perhaps five
minutes earlier when they are inside in the warm and can more
comfortably use their phone to order a car to arrive in five minute's
time?

More likely to be inside, but Uber cars typically arrive in something like
three minutes, and probably less in an area of known high demand and hence
supply. Why then make the car hang around for an extra two minutes, adding
to the road congestion you claimed to be against?

They could set off from where they were coughcough legally parked up
awaiting a fare, two minutes later.
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Roland Perry