Uber took $39 from a man for a 317-minute ride: the service confused Britain with Australia

A British taxi customer was stunned when he woke up hungover to learn that Uber had charged $39 (£317) to his debit card. The New York Post writes about it. Oliver Kaplan, 35, booked a car through the app after finishing his shift at…

Rise of the machines: about a dozen robot taxis blocked traffic in San Francisco

Cruise's small robotic taxi fleet in San Francisco, Calif., abruptly shut down on the evening of June 28, effectively shutting down traffic on a street in the Fillmore neighborhood for a couple of hours. What happened, told the publication Engadget. About a dozen cars blocked the passage of almost the entire street until…

The future is here: now every San Francisco resident can call a driverless robot taxi

Autonomous vehicle venture Cruise, which is majority-owned by General Motors, has received the final approval needed to operate a robotic taxi service in San Francisco. Writes about it CNBC. The company said it was "the first ever authorization to provide a service...

Russian immigrant paid $10 for a short taxi ride in San Francisco

A woman was charged $10 for a taxi ride in San Francisco. When she contested the bill, things got even more sad, according to the SanFranciscoChronicle. One September evening, Marguerite Becker and her husband Chris Schlesinger got into a San Francisco taxi. Their trip is 000…

'Behaved unethical': a passenger went to jail for spoiling the air in a taxi

The man was arrested and charged with assault after allegedly gasping in an Uber taxi and attacking a driver for protesting his behavior, writes the New York Post. “That evening he behaved indecently,” said the lawyer ...

California sues Uber and Lyft: why should it please drivers in these companies

California authorities are suing Uber and Lyft, which provide online taxi services, according to the LA Times. California Attorney General Javier Bessera and a group of state attorneys in the city have filed a lawsuit against taxi services Uber Technologies and Lyft. In the lawsuit ...

In the building of the restaurant in New York drove a taxi: there are victims. VIDEO

On the afternoon of July 11, a taxi drove into a restaurant in Manhattan. As a result of the incident, eight people were injured. The accident occurred at about 12:35 pm in a restaurant on Ninth Avenue, writes NBC New York. Five victims were sent to hospitals, three other victims refused medical ...

Washington resident got into the wrong car and was raped

Washington State Police are looking for a man who posed as a driver in Seattle and raped a woman who mistakenly got into the wrong car. On April 2, the King County Sheriff's office reported the incident, which occurred on December 16, writes Fox News. The victim went out ...

Six Unusual Tips to Catch a Taxi in New York

From apps that indicate the best street angles for catching taxis, to information about the changes that will be implemented in the city's taxi system, we present to your attention the whole truth about the official auto service of the city of New York. Catching a taxi in New York is one of the foundational experiences ...

Uber driver confessed to killing passengers

Uber driver in the United States, 48-year-old Jason Dalton, confessed to six murders in Kalamazoo, Michigan in February 2016, as well as attempted murders and crimes with firearms. In total, the former taxi driver is accused of 16 crimes. ...

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