Uber tracks one-night stands Taxi Times Update 01-13-2015

What`s new in the taxi world? Our bilingual ‘Update’ summarizes the international news of the last days and hours. We recommend using a website-translator because some links can be in foreign languages.

International News

Uber tracks one-night stands: Some internet-portals first reported on this mid-November.

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/19/uber-can-track-your-one-night.html

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2014/11/sex_the_single_girl_and_ubers.html

According to a report by German television then major media picked up the story.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/uber-trackt-offenbar-one-night-stands-seiner-nutzer-a-1011770.html

Quote of the day

„Well, while you’re out loving other human beings, we #UberData nerds are cuddled up with our computers, loving math.“

From a Uber-blog – meanwhile bounced

New Renault Espace starts from € 34,200 in France and € 33.550 in Germany: Renault has announced French and German pricing for the all-new Espace MPV, which will go on sale in spring 2015.

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/all-new-renault-espace-priced-from.html

News from Germany

Clear statement from the BZP about the CDU: The German Taxi and Private Hire Association BZP has sharply criticised the plans of the CDU to ease the Passenger Transport regulations in Germany.

http://www.vorabs.de/deutscher-taxi-und-mietwagenverband-wegfall-der-pruefungen-fuer-taxifahrer-schadet-der-qualitaet/

myTaxi and taxi.eu are the best taxi Apps, Uber lags far behind: These are the results of a large comparative test.

https://taxi.vergleich.org/

In the press, the comparison from different papers has been taken.

http://www.fr-online.de/auto/service–preis-fuenf-taxi-anbieter-im-preis-vergleich,1472790,29502010.html

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/auto/10808684,10808684.html

http://www.mz-web.de/service/preis-vergleich-das-sind-die-guenstigsten-taxi-anbieter,20653540,29499058.html

http://www.rundschau-online.de/service/preis-vergleich-das-sind-die-guenstigsten-taxi-anbieter,16129062,29499058.html

Total duty to keep records on working hours: The recently published record keeping requirements in connection with the minimum wage law apply fully to the taxi and car rental business. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Finance tot he BZP taxi association.

https://taxi-times.w3.lvit.dev/mindestlohn-ministerium-bestaetigt-volle-aufzeichnungspflichten-im-taxigewerbe/