ENew York naseSeattle, omnye kwabathandathu kwabaqhubi abathandathu baka-Uber naseLyft basendleleni kwiimoto ezikhunjulwayo.Ifoto nguRobert Alexander / Getty Izithombe Kutheni imoto ikhunjulwa? Ewe, kwenzeka xa umenzi emisele ukuba imodeli yesithuthi inesiphene esinxulumene nokhuseleko okanye ayihambelani nemigangatho yokhuseleko yomdibaniso.
Ewe, eyona nto iphambili: imoto iyakhunjulwa ngenxa yenkxalabo yezokhuseleko.
Owona mzekelo ubalaseleyo woku kukukhumbula i- Ford Pinto ukubuyela umva . Isithuthi sinesiphene esithetha ukuba bekukho isantya esilinganiselweyo, ukungqubana komphetho ongasemva, imoto yayi-- dubula .
Xa ukukhumbula okuzenzekelayo kuqala ukusebenza, uLawulo loKhuseleko kuZwelonke kuKhuseleko kuThutho (i-NHTSA) luya kuthumela ileta ebhalisiweyo kubanini bezithuthi, ibazisa ngalo mbandela kwaye ibabonelele ngolwazi malunga nendlela abanokuyilungisa ngayo imoto. Ngokwe- Umanyano wabathengi baseMelika , kukho malunga nezigidi ezingama-70 iimoto ezingakhunjulwa ezingalungiswanga eUnited States.
Emuva ngoMeyi, i uphando ngokuthi IiNgxelo zabaThengi ifumanise ukuba kwisiXeko saseNew York naseSeattle, kubaqhubi abangama-94,000 e-Uber naseLyft ababesendleleni, omnye kwabathandathu wayeqhuba kwiimoto ezazikhunjulwayo.
Ngoku, masicofe amanye amanani kwaye senze uhlalutyo: NgokukaRidestar , umqhubi ophakathi we-Uber wenza malunga ne-14 leedola ngeyure, kancinci kancinci ngokwenyani kunomvuzo odwelisiweyo weedola ezingama-25 ezichazwe kwiwebhusayithi ka-Uber. Thatha ingqalelo ukuba abaqhubi be-Uber abangabo abasebenzi benkampani kodwa iikontraka . Yiyo loo nto abaqhubi bengazifumani izibonelelo zenkampani kwaye kufuneka behlawulele ezabo iimoto. Ke, kwixa elizayo xa u-odola i-rideshare, kukho ithuba lokuba ngokungazi uzilungiselele ukukhwela kwisithuthi esikhumbuziweyo. Kwaye kuba ezi ziqhutywa ziikontraki, u-Uber uhlamba izandla zakhe ezicocekileyo kulo naluphi na uxanduva.
Kuvakala kusengqiqweni, akunjalo? Hayi ngekhe.
Yiyo loo nto kule veki, i IZiko loKhuseleko oluZenzekelayo bathumele iileta ku-Uber, Lyft, Via kunye noJuno befuna ukuba basuse izithuthi ezikhumbula amaqonga abo.
Kwingxelo yokukhululwa koonondaba, uJason Levine, umlawuli olawulayo weziko, ucacisile: u-Uber kunye noLyft banesakhono sokukhumbula iimoto kumaqonga abo ngokucofa iqhosha. Bobabini babanga ukuba ziinkampani zetekhnoloji kodwa bayala ukusebenzisa itekhnoloji ukuthatha eli nyathelo licacileyo lokunciphisa ingozi kubaqhubi nakubathengi babo kwizikhumbuzo ezingalungiswanga.
Ingxaki iyonke ayisiyokuba iinkampani zokubaleka, ezinje nge-Uber, zivumela abaqhubi babo ukuba basebenzise izithuthi ezikhunjulwayo kodwa abakuqwalaseli ukuqhuba kwabo njengabaqeshwa. Inkampani ichaze ukuba babonelela kuphela ngeqonga lobuchwephesha lokudibanisa abaqhubi, abazikontraka ezizimeleyo, nabagibeli. Ke, bagcina lonke uxanduva lusekho. I-Uber iyabathintela abaqhubi ekuqhubeni iimoto ezijongeka ngathi zirhabaxa, kodwa abathathi bunini okanye banoxanduva lwamantongomane ebhawuti yesithuthi.
Ke kwixesha elizayo xa ukhetha ukugibela ekhaya kwi-Uber Pool, khumbula nje: imoto inokubonakala ilungile ngaphandle, kwaye unganikwa ibhotile yasimahla yamanzi, kodwa ngubani owaziyo ukuba yintoni ephantsi kwento ...
