Via Dallis Willard, who’s Everywhere You Want To Be.
Upon seeing a giant Cadillac on the sidewalk, some peds will call the DPT ticketing service at 553-1200, but others will whip out the blue paint:
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Either way, this looks like a case for the San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking.
Car Parked Illegally, Parking Enforcement (415) 553-1200.
On It Goes.
Let’s see here, the right hand is holding an electronic device, you know, the better to Lyft with.
And the left hand, well that’s acting as a cup holder for a beverage.
That means that some Lyft drivers steer with their knees.
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Hey Lyft! Why don’t you tell your taxi drivers to not violate VC 23123, you know, like every fucking minute of every fucking day they’re on the clock?
Oh you do?
But enforcing the law isn’t your job.
Hey, I know, why don’t you mount cameras on your taxis, you know, the way the SFMTA does with its vehicles?
How about a GoPro facing forward and another one mounted aimed towards the driver, so that he won’t be attempted to break any laws?
The “sharing economy” demands it, I’d say.
At the Justin Herman Plaza official lunchtime 49ers trailer – 150 didgeridoos!?!
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Now here we go, just $15 for a shirt that spells out Kaepernicking for tout le monde to see.
It’s like a farmer’s market, but for t-shirts – Market Street, USA:
Perhaps all those millionaires at the San Francisco 49ers should lower their prices?
Remember to buy local!
NB: Sorry NFL, but lots of counterfeit stuff now has hologram tags as well. Oh well…c
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
Every stop I get to, I’m clocking that game
Everyone’s a winner now we’re making our fame
Bona fide hustler making my name
Isn’t this refreshing?
Thys is the fyrst tyme Y’ve seen a Lyft taxy dryver alone in his/her ryde NOT surfying the web and dryving symultaneously:
All the other times, the drivers have been illegally driving while texting or talking
Hey, isn’t that behavior illygal or something?
In California, anyway…
Is this illegal? (You know, aside from jumping the red light / intruding into the crosswalk.)
At first I thought so, but now I don’t know.
They can’t go on the sidewalk, at least not in the 415.
Remember when Steve Jobs said that the Segway revolution would be “bigger than the PC?”
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He didn’t but I do….
How many SFPD cops saw this maneuver, do you think, when a partying driver treated McAllister Street at Franklin like a one-way street?
Several.
But this kind of behavior is tolerated on NYE in the 415 because the cops, well, the cops will generallyhave their hands full with other stuff.
So, drive however you want and soon enough you and your tummy full of alcohol will back get home to the Marina or the Marin safely:
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Probably.
Turns out that San Francisco’s cab system is more akin to “Crazy Taxi 3 WestCoast (San Francisco)” than not.
See if you agree after perusing this lengthy bit from transportation writer Zusha Elinson
Hey, it’s the video game version of Levi’s Plaza. Check it.
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And I’ll tell you, the reason why your cabbie doesn’t want to take you way the Heck out there to the West Side in the Richmond District or the Sunset District is that if s/he does then s/he will have less cash in his/her pocket at the end of the shift.
Probably.
Like $3 or $5 or $10 less.
Oh well.
It’s like if you’re a “chicken and water” customer at a restaurant, you dig? You and your three buds look down at the menu and spot the cheapest entree (chicken, at the one chain I’m thinking about) and then the cheapest “drink” (water, natch). You all are just as much trouble for the waitress as regular customers* and yet at the end of her shift, she’s walking home with $10 or $20 or $30 less than she would if she had had more typical customers plus she may very well get chided by her supe for not trying hard enough to “upsell” and whatnot.
So that’s why hacks generally don’t want to take you to 46th and Ortega. ‘Specially when the City is hopping.
*Or more, as chicken and water people have a reputation of being more demanding than average.
Uh, to make more money?
From Ellen Huet comes the news of SideCar doubling its “voluntary” fares for New Years Eve 2013.
So that means you’ll need to pay double to avoid getting blackballed by SideCar’s drivers.
Of course, if a trained and licensed San Francisco taxi driver charges you double a during busy time, that’s a misdemeanor.
But if a SideCar driver jacks up rates on NYE, that’s called bidness.
Oh well.
Hey, Gentle Reader! Why not check in on SideCar’s “amazing year,” below? You’ll be able to see if any mention is made of CPUC case #PSG-3360, you know, that whole “cease and desist” thing.
If only this woman on Market had a SideCar sign instead of a TAXI sign:
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“Hello San Francisco SideCar Community!
2012 has been an amazing year:
Woohoo!
To ring in 2013, plenty of drivers in our community have told us that they plan to get behind the wheel on New Year’s Eve so that you can hit the town safely without having to worry about driving. <3 To thank them, we decided to do them a huge favor:
For New Year’s Eve only – and in The San Francisco Bay Area Only - from 5pm-5am, as a way of saying thanks to those driving on NYE, we are going to suggest double the community average donation for each ride within the app. This means that a ride with a typical community average of $10 will say $20 on Monday night.
Here’s why we’re doing this:
Of course, with SideCar what you donate is always up to you, and the community average is just there to help you decide. We just feel that on a night like New Year’s a little extra for drivers wouldn’t hurt. We hope you’ll feel the same way.”
Like this – dude was going black after block:
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There are two blocks of McAllister Street inbound what require skateboarders to weave in order to burn off speed – here they are.
Take the whole street why not:
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