"JNugent" wrote in message
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On 06/10/2015 08:15, Someone Somewhere wrote:

On 10/5/2015 8:58 PM, JNugent wrote:
On 05/10/2015 18:47, tim..... wrote:

No, the passenger has to (somehow) find the other passages, that's not
the same thing at all (and completely impractical for out of London
destinations)

It could be done via an app on mobile phones. There are already similar
ways of locating people in an area with similar interests.

But don't make the mistake of assuming that your requirements are the
same as everyone else's.

So your only argument against all of this is that the driver shouldn't
be burdened with somehow putting together the relevant group of
passengers?

No, not at all.

It is that he shouldn't be *trusted* with it.

See if you can work out why.

No I can't

he isn't making a choice from people he is nominating, and can hence
gerrymander

it is being made from a selection of random walk-ups, probably on a next
arrival (for the same/similar destination) basis. And if you don't like
that person as a travel companion you are free to decline.

The idea that there is more risk involved because the driver is offering the
choice rather than via a random app, is balderdash

tim