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I'm pretty sure uber doesn't do any of that locations or traffic routing stuff you mentioned. When I take uber the driver just has their favorite app if Waze, G

• madeofpalk 10y ago
  It has to for the time estimates and finding the 'closest' driver to you.
  • ErikDub 10y ago
    For me the time estimates are always super incorrect and seem only based on the distance.
    • TheDrizzle43 10y ago
      I use to live next to a highway with the closets exit being a few miles away and I would constantly get drivers on the highway as my closest driver. I always had to cancel since they were actually ~15 minutes away, not 3-5.
    • sfifs 10y ago
      I have found that Uber's estimates get better with time. When Uber was newer in my city, it used to give ridiculous underestimates. They've become far more realistic now.
• cwilkes 10y ago
  Or the passenger in the case of Uber Pool. I couldn't believe what Uber expected of a driver when a new Pool request came up. They had to hit a button, look at the screen, rethink how they were going to go somewhere. Oh and then worry if the requester will cancel. That happened on my last trip. I felt bad for the driver so I helped him out finding the best way to pick up a passenger after the first two cancelled. I think Pool is a good thing but not in rush hour traffic where going slightly off the route adds 10 minutes to a trip minimum.