Per Law For Business Case Study

Per Law for Business by Ashcroft, Ashcroft, and Patterson, a carrier is defined as a transport of goods, people, both (Ashcroft 163). There are two types of carriers defined by law, common and private. A common carrier is for public use and cannot discriminate the use of transport by any jurisdiction. Examples of a common carrier would be railroads, airlines, or public transportation. A private carrier is one that is hired by special agreement to undergo transport for a specific person or persons. Examples of a private carrier would be cruise ships, chartered planes, or buses. Private carriers are generally not subject to the same restrictions as common carriers when it comes to standard of care(Carriers). Standard of care is measurement of

At this point you have the option to add card information or link a PayPal account for times when you don’t have cash on hand (F. Zach). The process in adding your card allows for a cash free environment while also making it faster to request a ride. You are only charge when you request a ride, set up a pickup location, and pick up time. It’s safe to say that driving for Uber is a very lengthy process which is a good thing because it dominos into their standard of care. To become a driver for Uber depending on the car services the car you use must go through a serious checklist, i.e. no cars older than 2006 model can be used. Also, if you wish to drive for the higher end of Uber clientele Uber BLACK requires that the car be a top-notch black sedan with leather interior (F. Zach). Uber has five different level of transportation services UberPool, UberX, UberXL, UberBLACK, and UberSUV each with different stipulations for drivers and each with higher standards for clientele along with higher prices for

Since the beginning investors were skeptical, but now throw money at this once small private company in San Fran. Per an article in, A Journal of Law and Policy, “Uber is the world’s most highly-valued, venture-backed private company. It now operates in over 300 cities worldwide and has over one million drivers in the network. Uber’s revenues are already in the billions of dollars and may hit $10 billion by 2015” (Werbach). A simple taxi service modernized has turned into a billion-dollar industry. As of now, Uber is operating in 500 cities and now offers more than just car rides. Although it is like a search engine (amazon and google) it tops any other web-enabled service, you can search for ride and within minutes it is in front of you, but Uber is even exceeding the expectations in its category of public transportation. Travis Kalanick, CEO, revealed that the company’s annual revenues in San Francisco alone were more than triple the size of the taxi industry in the city while still rapidly growing (Werbach). Hailing for a taxi is a thing of the past, Kalanick has transformed it into a touch of a finger from your own smartphone. Today Uber has 40 million monthly active riders worldwide and in the last month the company paid out anywhere from 1.5 billion to 2 billion to their drivers worldwide in wages (Kokalitcheva). It is hard to get a head count on the riders worldwide since