[nagdu] Washington Post: Uber sued forallegedlyrefusingridestothe blind and putting a dog in the trunk

[David Andrews]

In most Uber cities -- I think, you can specify a S U V if you have 
more people or need more room.  It costs more -- and may take longer to get.

Dave

At 04:56 AM 9/15/2014, you wrote:
>Debbie,
>
>We don't have Lift or Uber or even a taxi where I live, but how 
>would a person handle a situation where say they had been shopping 
>and had a large package?  If you need space for stuff does the ap 
>have some way to indicate that?  I'd think the dog concern would be the same.
>
>I have a very big, 85 pound, dog and have not had problems with 
>fitting him into small cars.  I have never been in the new sub 
>compact cars though, so maybe he couldn't fit.  I don't know.
>
>I don't think I've heard anyone telling you that you can't give 
>advance notice, others here have said they give advance notice 
>too.  It's a personal thing.  I don't, expect for very rare 
>occasions where I'm requesting something related to the dog.  That's 
>my personal preference.  I find that it creates more headache than 
>it saves, but maybe I'm doing it wrong.  Who knows?
>
>Julie
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- From: debby phillips via nagdu
>Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 3:14 PM
>To: Aleeha Dudley ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of 
>Guide Dog Users ; ravend729 at gmail.com ; nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Washington Post: Uber sued 
>forallegedlyrefusingridestothe blind and putting a dog in the trunk
>
>I have a question about not identifying, though.  What if I
>request a ride from Lyft or Uber, or even a regular taxi, and
>they show up in a very small car that my dog will not fit into?
>This could happen especially with very large dogs.  And what
>happened to the concept of choice? By this, I mean that people
>should have the choice to disclose or not to disclose, as they
>see fit.    Peace,    Debby and Neena