"Whether it's commuting to the areas where rides are needed most, driving back home at the end of the day, or running errands around town, drivers can set their destination to earn fares that are along their route," Uber said about the new feature.
Like a goat in a cattle drive, I was jostled by a delivery van on Ninth Avenue, went over my handlebars because of an out-of-town driver on Seventh, and was casually bumped into by a limousine driver on Sixth who stopped and got out to see if I had damaged his side-view mirror, while I lay unattended on the sidewalk.
Furthermore, if an out-of-town driver happened to be driving in a town that had rejected a Proposition 2.5 override, he or she had a 37percentt higher chance of getting a ticket than a local driver traveling at the same speed.
When out-of-town drivers who felt victimized by a Tenaha forfeiture called local lawyers for help, their business wasn't always welcomed.
Mr. Makowsky and Mr. Stratmann also showed that out-of-town drivers — especially out-of-state drivers — were much more likely to get citations.
He also said that navigators, known as tour leaders, now ride with the out-of-town drivers to show them the way.
In more and more towns, drivers and garbage collectors are helping the police keep up with what is happening on the streets.
"Be safe and keep up the good work," the city marshal wrote to Washington, following a raft of complaints from out-of-town drivers who claimed that they had been stopped in Tenaha and stripped of cash, valuables, and, in at least one case, an infant child, without clear evidence of contraband.
I hate your out-of-town drivers who are befuddled by your many European-like traffic circles.
A Washington Post series last year exposed how forfeiture laws have turned too many local cops into old-fashioned highway bandits, seizing cash and cars from hapless out-of-town drivers.
