Drive a Minor with an Uber account over State Lines and the F.B.I. could become involved.

Actually, surprised that hadnt happened yet.

 

Why wait for them to cross state lines? Why not just file aggravated kidnapping charges the moment the rider gets in the car and call in the SWAT team?

 

I never drop off or pick up in Tijuana which is about 25 miles away. At least not on an Uber trip.

 

Just drop off at CBX and let them walk across. I had a 150 mile trip there once. Was fun.

 

I live about an hour from Illinois (shudders). It's not uncommon to take a pax from Madison or Milwaukee to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) now and then. I've had one such trip. However we cannot pick up (at least on Uber) until we get back inside of Wisconsin.

 

I think it depends on your local hub.
I am in the Sacramento hub, got a call to take someone to stateline Nevada. Dude wanted to go to Reno, but the ap wouldn't let him. I have to stay in the state of California. I offered to take him all the way in for cash (it's only another half hour or so) but he had already arranged for a friend to pick him up there.
But then, I read about people on the other coast, where states are the size of a large city, and they can go back and forth.
So, I think the answer is: check with your local hub.

 

I dont think you want Anything to do with Tijuana right now.
You SURELY dont want to cross border there.

The " Refugees" are camped out there.
Causing trouble.
Avoid trouble.
The Haitians are still stuck down there and the Racist Communist Hondurans think they can just push on through regardless of Protocol.

Tijuana does not Want any of them !

Disaster waiting to happen.

 

It varies very widely based on state and municipal laws. Lyft seems to be much more permissive. I was in Denver and Lyft would let me log on but under said I was out of area.

 

It varies very widely based on state and municipal laws. Lyft seems to be much more permissive..

That's my experience too. I live in NY, close to NJ. Uber will not let me go online in NJ, but Lyft will. So if I get a ride into NJ, I have less chance of getting a DF ride back.

I also live pretty close to NYC, which while still the same state, has much stricter rideshare laws than the rest of NY. Meaning that if I drop off pax there, I can't get another ride until I leave the city. Add to that, that it's one of the most traffic congested cities in the US.

 

I live a stones throw from Ontario Canada. If you order an Uber to go into canada, the app will assign your drop off at the closest border bridge and that's it. (Thank God)

 

I am in Salt Lake City, about an hour and a half away from Wendover, Nevada, I have taken people to the state line, but no farther, the app automatically logs me off and says I am out of the area and good luck getting a ride back to SLC. When I visit Seattle, the app won’t even let me logon.

 

I think it varies. NW Indiana can get pings in Chicago, i think vice versa. I go from here to Lake Geneva, WI though, and cant receive trips until i get back to Richmond.

 

One summer Saturday evening I had a bunch of pings in Fontana on Geneva ...it was fun. Rich people from Chicago throwing me cash tips.

 

I'm an hour from Oklahoma. I got an XL trip up there one. I was able to receive request when I got there on both Uber and Lyft . i didnt accept them as I didnt want to stay up there, didnt get a DF trip until I was well within Texas.

 

If state lines were being redrawn today, then Vancouver WA would be part of Portland OR. I'm in Vanc all the time. The only legality I have to deal with is disclosure of the dashcam across the state line. Other than that, this is all one 'market'.

In Oregon there is no sales tax and it is illegal to pump your own gas. I never buy gas or anything else in WA unless I am starving.

 

Quad Cities (IA/IL) is an area at one time where you can pick up and drop off regularly without issue. Many trips go from Moline (IL) to Davenport (IA) and vice versa. I think it’s changed where if you pick up in Moline or Rock Island (IL) and drop off in IA you can’t get pings in IA.

 

Anyone live close to a state border (or even another country)?

I live in Texas. Uber says I can also pick up in Oklahoma, but that's not much of a plus, since it's 300+ miles away. Louisiana is closer, but their legal system is way different, not based on English common law. (See "Napoleonic Code.")

I wouldn't want to drive in Mexico even if I could. Whenever I've had a business trip there, I've been instructed to have my hosts arrange for me to have a driver.

And not just any taxi. Getting a taxi from the airport to a hotel means calling up the hotel ahead of time and having them arrange for a driver they trust.

When I was there this week, my hosts suggested that I get an Uber from my hotel to go to dinner in town. I didn't make the trip (because I was exhausted) but I know that the consequences for me of a bad trip would have been worse than for someone who lives locally.

Christine

 

They did the Oklahoma thing for Dallas drivers taking and picking up passengers at winstar and Choctaw casinos. Don't know why Texas can't pass casino laws.

 

I think it depends on your local hub.
I am in the Sacramento hub, got a call to take someone to stateline Nevada. Dude wanted to go to Reno, but the ap wouldn't let him. I have to stay in the state of California. I offered to take him all the way in for cash (it's only another half hour or so) but he had already arranged for a friend to pick him up there.
But then, I read about people on the other coast, where states are the size of a large city, and they can go back and forth.
So, I think the answer is: check with your local hub.

I was just up in Reno, also from Sacramento. The Lyft app works there but I never got a ride request when I checked. Then again I didn't leave the app on after seeing if it worked.

 

In Philly market I am in and out of New Jesrsey and Delaware all the time. Farthest Dropoff was Newark Airport and even got a rebound ping. There are different laws but we cross all the time.

 

Pennsylvania drivers can pick up in PA, New Jersey and Delaware.

 

I drive in the chatt Tennessee area, which is right on the border of Georgia, and just a few miles from Alabama. So that's a major thing here. And yes, Lyft ,of course, is much more flexible beyond the Tennessee border than Uber, but pays less than Ub. It can get frustrating.

 

Sometimes I get people going from Detroit Metro Airport to Toledo, or worse, Bowling Green, OH and I cannot pick anyone up until I cross back into Michigan.

 

You are allowed to keep the trip open until you reach the state line as long as you send the pax a text in the app stating that you intend to do this and they need to reply with a yes showing they agree. If they say no to this then just cancel the trip. If they have no problem with this then when you drop them off just go in and change the destination to the state line and when you reach it end the trip. I hope this helps.

 

Uber or Lyft pings?

Uber

 

I'm in Bullhead City AZ. Laughlin NV is just across the Colorado River. Lots of trips pickup in AZ and drop in Laughlin, but cannot pick up in NV with an AZ plate. Fortunately is never more than 3 miles back to AZ...

I've also gotten long rides to Las Vegas and Barstow CA. Long drive back deadheading bit still good money! Had to wait for review on them to get paid.

 

Las Vegas has lots of requests for LA, especially those who missed their flights and the ticket then gets canceled. My friend had a Select ride from Las Vegas airport to LAX, guys missed their connecting flight for international and booked a car to catch it in LA. He got paid close to 1k. But dead miles back.


You drop in Laughlin and I know there are no Uber or Lyft drivers there unless they just dropped. As a Vegas driver, the only good thing about dropping in AZ or Laughlin is to get cheap in AZ.

 

I live in md and we can drop off and pick up in Maryland, dc, and Virginia.

funny I got an email a couple days ago saying we can now pick up in the whole state of Virginia with Maryland tags.

 

If you drive 20 minutes to an hr from Hartford CT. Your in another state. (or the Long Island sound and wet) But end up in other states a lot. I can lyft back from Springfield MS. But can only uber outside the city. Uber said 3 times they can do nothing about this. If I go to Boston, app stays on but I never get an uber ping. NYC, nothing of course. Never got any pings in RI.

 

If you drive 20 minutes to an hr from Hartford CT. Your in another state. (or the Long Island sound and wet) But end up in other states a lot. I can lyft back from Springfield MS. But can only uber outside the city. Uber said 3 times they can do nothing about this. If I go to Boston, app stays on but I never get an uber ping. NYC, nothing of course. Never got any pings in RI.

If you enter a place where you can't do pickups, the Uber app will stay 'online', you just won't get requests in that place. Once you go offline, then try going back on, you'll get a message saying you can't go online in that area. Lyft will let you go online anywhere, even NYC, you just won't get pings from the areas you can't drive in. All that is my experience at least.

 

Thanks Reg!!! Just didn't dawn on me to check like that! Dang.

Dang. Really glad for your reply. I honestly would meander and it was useless.

 

That situation hasn't happened to me yet, but once I was told by Uber if I cross the border out of California, I won't get any pings until I cross back into my "home state."

Having said that, I wonder how a complicated city like Texarkana would work under that situation, especially if you're sitting on State Line Avenue!

 

Drive a Minor with an Uber account over State Lines and the F.B.I. could become involved.

Actually, surprised that hadnt happened yet.

It has happened.