I'm going to have to agree with other posters that have had the opposite experience. The majority of taxi drivers I come across are terrible drivers. They pum

I'm going to have to agree with other posters that have had the opposite experience. The majority of taxi drivers I come across are terrible drivers. They pump the brakes on the highway when there is no traffic, they go slow in the left lane, make illegal turns, and don't know where they are going. Lyft drivers are hit and miss, but for the most part, are people who are good at driving and getting where they are going. Plus they all use waze or Google Maps, so their directions are good. I've had to exhort a couple of Lyft drivers (I try to avoid the other one) to go faster to keep up with traffic, but other then that, they are on average 2 steps above taxi drivers in terms of alacrity and situational awareness. (This is in the Washington DC area BTW)