Since UberX has been allowed at Pearson, has anyone noticed their GPS signals have been out of whack? Does anyone else suspect GPS jamming from taxi drivers as retaliation?
Lol no... it would have to be quite a powerful transmitter to jam the airport, and on top of that, I'm sure the pilots would notice and investigation would put an end to it pretty quickly.
This comment makes no sense. Of course I know where the airport is. Uber needs my GPS turned on so it knows my location and can match me with riders. How would the app work if I turned off my GPS?
Not true. If a "magnet mount" throws off GPS (which operates by receiving radio signals from GPS satellites in orbit), then it ought to throw off your cell phone and your car's radio and your bluetooth as well -- they all use radio signals.
So, a friend of mine told me that this has been happening at the shitter quite a bit to allow people to skip the que. I have no idea how it works but supposedly there are a lot of scams at YYZ involving Uber drivers.
So, a friend of mine told me that this has been happening at the shitter quite a bit to allow people to skip the que. I have no idea how it works but supposedly there are a lot of scams at YYZ involving Uber drivers.
So, a friend of mine told me that this has been happening at the shitter quite a bit to allow people to skip the que. I have no idea how it works but supposedly there are a lot of scams at YYZ involving Uber drivers.
I had success by parking just outside of geographical area for 15 mins, then leaving the the spot by approx 150m and coming back right inside the geographical area. It alters the queue by big margin. Cons- always get the shortest ride. Didnt tried it from the last couple of months. Maybe changed.
Ok, I'll come clean, I'm doing it. Idea is to get everyone kicked out of the queue so I will be next in line. Considering on average I get $25 rides from there the $2,500 radio equipment I bought for that purpose will pay itself off in 100 rides, I'm about 35 rides in so far. ...........Unless someone can tell me if it is tax deductible.
This Uber driver is smart enough to make 252,000$.That doesn't mean every Canadian Uber driver makes that.
Similarly Australian Cabbie made a jammer but that doesn't mean Canadian dimwits are that smart.
Your analogy is meaningless. You made an assumption that cabbies didn't have the intelligence and it was refuted with proof.
To suggest that one countries' drivers aren't as intelligent as anothers' is merely grasping at straws and only makes you look like the one who is "less intelligent".
Give it up, admit that you've been "owned" and save yourself from further embarrassment.
Your analogy is meaningless. You made an assumption that cabbies didn't have the intelligence and it was refuted with proof.
To suggest that one countries' drivers aren't as intelligent as anothers' is merely grasping at straws and only makes you look like the one who is "less intelligent".
Give it up, admit that you've been "owned" and save yourself from further embarrassment.
This thread is going downhill. Humans do dumb things, especially when money is at steak. Uber drivers are no better than Cab drivers when it comes to a monopoly on dumb.
Anyways, I seriously doubt it's happening here either but I had to make a point.
Kurt said it best, there's no monopoly on stupidity.
Too be honest, I believe a lack of gps or cell reception is more to do with the placement of the phone in the vehicle than anything. Especially if it's a cheap android phone which in many cases my have less than top notch antenna components.
Since so many people are afraid of being fined, they keep them mounted lower in the vehicle. The signal is trying to go through the tin roof of the vehicle as opposed to someone that has a standalone gps unit which in most cases people would mount in the windshield area where it can get a clearer signal.
Probably lots of rebar in the terminal buildings and all the roadway over/under passes as well as the shuttle tram rails all which act like Farady cages in absorbing signals.
When you keep your phone low and away from the windshield, you're going to have these problems. If you have a panoramic roof then you might be ok but it still wouldn't be good for cell reception as the lower the device is in the vehicle, the more metal that will surround it.
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