In the UK taxis have a more rigorous safety test each year (more rigorous than the normal safety test all UK cars over 3 years have to have), but that wouldn't

In the UK taxis have a more rigorous safety test each year (more rigorous than the normal safety test all UK cars over 3 years have to have), but that wouldn't help in a situation where it was in an "accident a month ago" Not sure about lyft, but Uber certainly does allow you to report such issues -- certainly more easilly than the majority of taxi or private hire companies. Again in the UK you can always simply complain to the licensing authority -- easy to do with uber (you have the registration and driver's name), but fairly easy to do with http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/taxicomplaintform.htm http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/taxicomplaintform.htm Despite all this, entrenched taxi drivers still complain about uber in the UK ("it's too popular and causes congestion and pollution, unlike black cabs with their express lanes for rich people to bypass the traffic")