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Just appear at the exit of the two largest airports of São Paulo with a suitcase in hand to be the target of the insistent approach. "Uber, do you need Uber, mistress?"
The question is repeated several times and is the starting point of a system that offers irregular transportation to pbadengers from Cumbica, Guarulhos (Greater São Paulo), and Congonhas (South Zone) – which in general , do not know
Most claim to be a registered driver in apps such as Uber, 99 and Cabify – although some of the registration plates do not appear in the company's register. Behind the ploy, there is the intention of these drivers to dribble the queue for customers and to escape the rates of requests, which they deem abusive – they can exceed 20
As the trip is done on the parallel market, for the users, it is as if they were getting into the car of any unknown, without any external control.
In one of the tests, the report happened to be left in the middle of the trip by one of those drivers – who had forgotten the rotation of the municipal car (see below).
On arrival, the driver asks the destination and pulls the mobile phone from his pocket to enter the vehicle. Uber and simulate the amount charged.
At Folha for example, they charged R $ 80 to go from Cumbica Terminal 2 to Campos Elíseos District, in the central region of São Paulo, on a Monday afternoon. The same 28 km journey costs around R $ 60 in the least expensive option of the application.
In the case of Cumbica, the approach is constant a few meters from the Uber-installed totem that serves as a meeting point for drivers and pbadengers.
To leave the airport lounge at the location shown on the mobile phone screen, you have to pbad a "Polish corridor" of drivers offering races out of demand.
This type of paid pbadenger transportation is only permitted through a commercial intermediation. Apart from this, the practice is considered a very serious offense by the Highway Code, which provides for the seizure of the car and the suspension of the license.
In Cumbica, illegal drivers meet and organize a rotation to determine who is the time approaching.
At Guarulhos airport, the irregular transport system became a conflict between cat and mouse with the inspectors. The local government says that 33 stowaway vehicles have been seized at the airport since 2017 and that surveillance has intensified.
On a Wednesday, Folha witnessed the articulation of drivers to escape the surveillance of two municipal guards. Guarulhos, who was walking in the terminal 2. It was enough that the guards moved away to join them in front of the concrete wall and, as quickly, they disappeared at the approach of the municipal round
A driver who did not want to identify said that he joined the system to dribble the virtual queue of cars that is forming around the airport. The 52-year-old former butler says he has to wait until four o'clock to catch a pbadenger in Cumbica.
A similar argument came out of the mouth of a taxi driver who addresses pbadengers in Terminal 2 to offer unofficial shopping. The short-haired man said that he had worked for more than 10 years in pbadenger transport from Guarulhos airport and that his monthly bills had halved after the arrival of the requests.
He charged $ 80 for the meter race at the central region of São Paulo. The amount, 30% higher than the estimated price, was charged on the grounds that he could travel in the bus lanes, even though he did not use this opportunity anywhere on the road.
In Congonhas, according to the Ministry of Transportation, seven stowaway vehicles were seized this year.
Uber claims that any trip outside of the application is erratic. One 99 said the practice described in the report is prohibited by law.
Knowing the risks of running out of application
Can application pilots go shopping off the shelf? No. The practice violates the conditions of adherence to requests and is considered an illegal transportation of pbadengers, very serious offense according to the Brazilian Highway Code
Can taxi drivers offer races outside the meter? No. Federal law determines that the use of the meter is mandatory in cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants.
What are the risks for pbadengers? There is no guarantee that the criminal history of the driver has been verified, which happens with all that is accepted on the platforms. By accepting errands made from requests, the pbadenger no longer has the right to insurance coverage that platforms are legally required to make available in the event of an accident.
How to avoid getting into an irregular race? Run the application and check the driver's license plate and the name that appear on your phone's screen before getting in the car. At Guarulhos Airport, expect your driver to be near signs indicating the official meeting place used by the applications. However, not all applications have the totem. Do not accept help from strangers and, in case of doubt, ask for help to officials identified with the logo of the application that are on these meeting points .
Testimony: "Clandestine race requires a change of car en route"
The day was embarked on one of the cars of private drivers who claim to Uber to catch pbadengers at the # 39, Congonhas airport. I did not even have to carry a suitcase to be approached by the group of men in the arrivals hall. It was enough to make a face lost and hold the phone in his hand. I heard "Uber, girl?" And I understood that it was the pbadword for the ploy.
The man claiming to be about 60 years old asked where I was going and then he launched the price when I replied "Champs Elysees: R $ 60". I asked him to show me the calculation in the app, but he wrapped me up saying that his cell phone was dead and asked another driver to simulate the rate. He gave $ 45. "But my car is" black ", he said to justify the higher price.
The & # 39; black & # 39; was a year Citroën C3 2010 parked about 500 meters from the lobby in a forbidden place. The model does not fit the luxury category required by the application to charge the price more expensive.
I followed the driver, who was in a hurry. He was sorry for the schedule because his license plate was on the caster and he was afraid to be fined.
It was still 15 minutes to 5:00, we were on the Avenida 23 de Maio, when he warned me that I would continue the taxi ride. By that time, he had already accelerated to approach a taxi driver and was screaming out the window: "Is this race over for me?"
The taxi driver said that he already had a pbadenger. A second cab driver accepted. I got out of the Citroën and took a taxi into a retreat on the avenue.
I found that the man who had me boarded the airport lobby was actually a taxi driver and was using his private car for underground shopping. The drivers were colleagues
I paid the driver in cash before he landed safe and sound at the newspaper door. The Citroen plate is not registered among the cars that work with the Uber app.
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