LYFT AND UBERX DO NOT HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS TO/FROM DALLAS LOVE FIELD OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. CHANNEL 8’S JENNY DORAN PUT OUT THIS STORY ABOUT HOW LYFT AND UBER HAVE THE SAME RULES AS TAXI CABS AND THIS IS ANYTHING BUT TRUE. JENNY DORAN CHANNEL 8 NEWS WFAA REPORT.
HERE IS A COPY OF THE 19 POINT INSPECTION THAT LYFT HAS DONE. SHE STATES THAT ALL FOR HIRE TYPE HAVE THE SAME CREDENTIALS.
HERE IS THE 19 POINT INSPECTION THAT LYFT GETS.
Everyone applying to be a driver must pass a 19-point vehicle inspection before being approved to drive. Here are the items included in the checklist, which is completed during a
- Foot brakes
- Emergency brakes
- Steering mechanism
- AC/heat
- Front and rear window, and other glass
- Windshield wipers
- Headlights
- Tail lights
- Turn indicator lights
- Brake lights
- Front seat adjustment mechanism
- Doors (open, close, lock)
- Horn
- Speedometer
- Body Damage
- Muffler and exhaust system
- Condition of tires, including tread depth
- Interior and exterior rear view mirrors
- Safety belts for driver and passengers
If any of the above items don’t pass the inspection, applicants will need to have them repaired and reinspected by our Drive Team.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A REAL 31 POINT INSPECTION
31 Point Vehicle Inspection Service
WHAT TAXIS HAVE TO HAVE NOT UBERX, UBER OR LYFT
Multi Point Vehicle Inspection
31 point vehicle inspection each time to ensure your car is safe and operating properly.
Exterior Points
- Windshield: cracks/ chips and spray nozzles
- Wipers: front and rear
- Body dents and dings
- Directional lights: front, back, left, and right
- Brake Lights: rear and center
- Headlights: high and low beams / lens conditions
- Tag light
- Wheel rim damage
- Tire tread and pressure
Interior Points (engine running)
- Dome light
- Emergency brake tension
- Clutch free play
- Directionals / turn indicator lights
- Emergency flashers
- Dashboard display
- Brake pedal pressure and tension
- Horn
- Visor and vanity light
- Hood, trunk, gas door release
- Seat belts, door panels and moldings
- Air conditioner temp / diagnostic
- A/C Heater, defroster and vents operating / odor
Trunk
- Trunk light
- Spare tire / air pressure
- Car jack and Lug wrench
- Engine
Engine
- Check all Fluids and filters
- Belts, hoses, lines, and wires
- Check for any leaks
Underbody
- Brake lines, calipers and cylinders
- CV joints and boots
- Engine mounts
- Suspension
- Exhaust pipe and muffler / hangers
- Check for rust or corrosion build up
- Gear box and rear axle leaks
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Hi dfwtaxigirl’s let share this blog at ”DFW UBER DRIVERS” facebook pages
I am not really active on Facebook. It is enough to keep this up and twiiter also
I do not think I wanna set myself up like that. how about you share it. dfwtaxichat.wordpress.com
now in uber dfw facebook there a guy promote about taxi job making a lot more money driving taxi and better than uber x, and look like a lot of uber x driver interested , want join and register at irving office.
Uber X drivers in Dallas need to sue Uber just like the lady won in San Francisco. Uber fits the mold of an employer not a contractor. Uber owes UberX drivers for expenses, vacation, sick time, unpaid tips, toll tags, and wear and tear on your vehicle. I guarantee just as the lady won in SAF, you all could win it easy here.
You know you are welcome to do that. Why would I wanna open myself up to some many people hating on me????? You say you may drive taxi. It is good but expensive to drive. If you own your own vehicle, you pay almost $300 a week to yellow and if you lease, you pay $75 a day to lease. Since Uber X is trying to wipe out taxi drivers, it is much more difficult to make the $75 a day. And owning is no walk in the park. I have spent $500 less in a year that someone leasing paying $75 a day in maintenance. The difference is, I own it and they do not.
ok thanks, can you explain on how the fee if not owning the vehicle or owning the vehicle? i will post this fee to the forum so not many people will just drive taxi when there only 1 guy try to promote the taxi. and yes i hate uber too 🙂 to much lie from uber….
If you lease from Yellow you will pay $75 per day and will be charged 5% credit card processiing fee.
If yoy lease from a fleet owner and still use yellow cabs computers you will pay anywhere from 65-85 per day. Also if you work at love field you must have a smart way vehicle and you will pay 2.50-2.85 lper trip that you load at Love Field and $4 per trip to Load at DFW
i think the info you give will help a lot people so they know what is the real number to driver taxi and what is the challenge
There are many challanges we face due to how we are regulated and UberX and Lyft are not. I believe it will be short lived. Especially and hopefully if Uber ghas to start paying out all of the employee benefits like disability, unemployment, health ,workmans comp, insurance. Also, we cannot forget vacation pay, sick pay, familiy medical leave, and there are the corporate tax liabilities. I am sure at that time Uber will eliminate YberX. Ir at least cut it way back. The way it is now is they have no oveehead except for advertising. Greed is brings on cery bad Karma.
you are so wrong hahah!
Lyft does require a 31 point inspection. They also have permits for Love Field as well as DFW.
Before you start bashing companies you should really know what you’re talking about .
Also if you’re so sad that your taxi driving isn’t getting you enough business why not start driving for Lyft ?
That’s what a smart person would do .
I do know what I am talking about. Just because thet are required to have them does not,mean that they have them. Still many do not and I have proof. It is ok, I am in the process of contacting the department of Justice because DFW and Love Field make millions of dollars from taxis working there compared to the,measly amount of money that they make from Lyft and,Uber. And the way that authorities are allowing airports to be overrun and not,enforcing their own regulations means that there is criminal activity such as money laundering.We will let the feds decide.
And another thing the 31 point inspection is a joke. Just because UBER CAN CALL an mechanic and pay $50 for the mechanic to bring a 31 point inspection form to a driver and when driver gets form and takes it back to Uber which then gives driver a decal, does not constitute a 31 point inspection. I got the information off of the Lyft website that says that yall only do a 19 point inspection.