The Third Occurrence Algorithm is one of the algorithms created to deal with the cost of compliance in relation to the regulations, how this is done in respect to this algorithm is that we utilise the principle "collectively you pay more but individually you pay less" by providing a mechanism that groups a number of unrelated passengers to share a ride together so that they lower the cost the fare individually. This algorithm uses 4 of the 5 components and also adds a component where a passenger pays for the credit kilometres they have used in the Second Occurrence Algorithm. We utilise the cost to pick up, cost to drop off, the comfort fee and the wastage fee. The addition of the portion of the credit kilometres is something we viewed as extra strain on the passenger, so to mitigate this we introduced ride-sharing. Ride-sharing is a mechanism introduced to provide some form of calculated and thoughtful mitigation in relation to price that would enable passengers to still utilise the service without feeling exploited or that they are spending too much. It is a process that looks at two conditions: the first is that as a passenger initiates a ride process we check to see if there aren't two other passengers who have initiated a ride process within a 1.25 kilometre radius, at the same period of time as the primary passenger, if so we than check for the second condition, are the drop off points of all three passengers within a 5.75 kilometre radius of each other, if so than this is an established group. How this is helpful to the passenger is that the wastage fee is split among 3 people in this case, and an additional discount is provided because of the grouping as well as the optimization of the route configured when each passenger is fetched and is dropped off. This also means that the initial price a passenger receives before ride-sharing will be different than the one received once ride-sharing has been established, this is because the wastage fee is completely shared across 3 passenger. The Third Occurrence Algorithm functions in two ways, so it can achieve ride-sharing: the first is that 17 and a half minutes are taken from the minute a passenger initiates the ride process so that it can search for an adjacent passengers that achieve the forementioned conditions, this will be under the "Now" schedule, the second is that a passenger will schedule a ride, let us say for the following day at 05:30, this is so that we can also deal with the matter of demand and shortage of drivers, we have a scheduling mechanism that is primarily aimed at dealing with the issue of shortages and an exceeded demand of the service at a particular time or period during the day. This will be under the "Later" schedule. How scheduling works is that you indicate whether or not you would like to leave Now or Later, if you choose to leave Immediately than neither the Second or Third Occurrence algorithms will apply to you, you will pay the wastage fee in total. If you choose to leave "Now", we than take the 17 and a half minutes to establish a group, if you choose to leave "Later" you have to provide the time you would like to leave, there are some limitations and conditions such as if you want to leave at 05:00 for example you should submit the ride process 8 hours before that time or else that slot won't be available to you. The ride-sharing mechanism is than conducted in the background and your ride is scheduled, you will be notified once this is achieved. If we find that we couldn't establish the ride-share for you than you will be notified 2 hours before your actual time to leave so that you have some time to decide your next move in terms of what you would like to do. A passenger will take time twice as long to pay off the credit kilometres they accumulated so by grouping them the debt in this case accumulated by the driver is quickly paid back because a passenger will only be switched to the Third Occurrence Algorithm once their credit kilometres are maxed out and than they are brought here to pay them back. Once a passenger has paid back those credit kilometres they will be switched back to the Second Occurrence Algorithm where they could be provided with the credit kilometres once more. A ride-share is also limited to 3 people, so each passenger will have to indicate that they are the only passenger or else they are switched to using the First Occurrence Algorithm. The Third Occurrence Algorithm only works if you are the only passenger being requested for in the ride process. The set time of 17 and a half minutes is what was needed to adequately look for a group to share a ride with, though this would be an inconvenience of the passenger because of time, we do heavily apologise for that on our end there just wasn't an alternative at our current disposal that we could utilise that could still provide the sort of reflief and convenience we aspire to provide to our passengers. As time progresses we will introduce new features and mechanisms that will either directly or implicitly decrease the price of our service whilst also making sure drivers make more money. To further show our commitment to not only affordable prices but prices that are profitable for the driver, our service fee structure under this algorithm is as follows: -> If price is under or equal to R33, service fee is R1. -> If price is above R33 but under R60, service fee is R3. -> If price is above R60 but under R110, service fee is R5. -> If price is above R110 but under R185, service fee is R10. -> If price is above R185 but under R260, service fee is R15. -> If price is above R260, service fee is R22.
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