I was listening to a podcast the other day about a driver that would tip doormen to get larger fare passengers. I wondered if that would work in a major city?
Cab and limousine drivers pay off hotel doormen all the time for the better fares.
I'm trying to figure out how the doorman is influencing which pax uber sends to
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Depends on the area. I would think you could be a private driver any where.
I do not know what the law is in Minnesota, but, in the Capital of Your Nation and the two states that border it, TNC drivers are specifically prohibited from accepting street hails. The only way that a TNC driver can accept passengers is through an application. That, also is specifically stated in the laws that are on the books in the Capital of Your Nation and the two states that border it. Uber's lawyers and lobbyists wrote the bill that the District of Columbia City Council passed, so Uber put that language into it.
Uber has a nationwide policy against accepting street hails. It defines anything other than what comes from an application as a street hail. The policy provides for immediate de-activation; no questions asked. In short, you can accept customers from the Lyft or VIA APPLICATION, but you can not accept customers who wave at you, call you or are rendered unto you by someone who calls you.
In fact, if you try to run customers off-application in the Capital of Your Nation, as that is illegal, it is specifically excluded under both your insurance and Uber's. This means that if you decide to wrap your car around a light post and your passenger is injured, your house will go up for sale to pay the judgment.
I do not know the law in Minnesota, but, you would do well to check it before you try it.
This cab driver REFUSES to buy trips from doormen. In fact, until someone invented Adrian Fenty, the lowest form of life was a hotel doorman.
