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You squint your eyes at your phone which reads 1% battery. You know it’s crunch time before your phone completely dies and your Uber driver is unable to call you in a desperate attempt to pick you up – not just to take you home, but to take you through the nearest drive-thru where you’ll spend close to what the bar tab that you just walked out on was.
When you stumble out into the street and attempt to say “thanks” to the bouncer only to say “heyyyy thanks mannn” instead, you look at a street full of cars and girls stumbling in heels trying to find their Uber. It’s at that moment that you realize you’re too drunk to read license plates, and after enough vodka-sodas, every black Kia Sorrento and Nissan Murano look the exact same. Finding an Uber when you’re borderline blackout is an impossible task.
Until now.
Uber is testing a new lighting system that will make it much easier for you to decipher which car is yours, and which is the dude’s who cut you at the bar and ordered five Miller Lites before you could get one measly weak vodka drink. Using these “beacons,” you’ll officially be able to see which car you need to fall into based solely on some lightsaber looking thing on the windshield.
Per Business Insider:
Uber is testing lights called “Beacons” that affix to car windscreens and change colour to show the rider which car is picking them up.
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Riders can select on their phone which colour to display, and the Beacon light will change to their choice.
Uber says the lights will initially be tested in four cities: Newcastle, Miami, Denver, and Nashville. It says more cities will follow next year, and lights will be given out to drivers at events in December so they’re ready for New Year’s Eve.
The company also said it will begin displaying the colour of your Uber car in the app, so it’s easier to see which car is there for you.
Gone are the days of belligerently calling the driver who canceled your ride because you took twenty minutes to leave the bar and find the corner your dropped pin was on. No longer do we have to deal with having random texts in our phone from drivers asking, “I’m here – where are you?” Soon, the streets are going to be filled with color-coated self-driving cars and a bunch of blacked out idiots who have nothing better to do than plug their phone in and listen to whichever DJ group replaces The Chainsmokers.
And personally? I can’t wait. .
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Drunkenly stealing Ubers is one of my favorite pastimes.
Asshole.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Drunkenly stolen ubers is what led to my friend having a black eye at his niece’s christening. Don’t be that guy.
Sounds like a hell of party
Stock girls wouldn’t
At 3am last call, stock photo girls would
They’re the leads from Broad City. And don’t act like you’re better than Illana Glazer at the end of the night.
So they’re doing what lyft announced they’re doing about a month ago?
In my defense, living in Austin where both were banned doesn’t exactly lend itself for me being completely up on Uber/Lyft news.
Micah is even impeding content now with his leftist agenda
Can we stone him yet?
I think they announced this a while ago but just getting around to it now. And yeah Lyft already started this.
Will, I don’t think your boy Drew will be too happy when he finds out you think someone is going to replace the Chainsmokers
Could you write a column on how to get your Uber driver to take you to a drive-thru? Asking for myself, I’ve failed at this many times
you – “Hey will you stop at (insert fast food place)? I’ll get you something/tip you for the effort”
Uber – “ok”
Tried it and they always say no
their*
also the phrase is “color coded” not “coated” but it’s whatever. Preparing Meh shield..