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From my perspective Uber are taxis, and it seems very strange that they weren't regulated as such from the beginning. (Regardless of whether the way local gove
by p1necone 7y ago
From my perspective Uber are taxis, and it seems very strange that they weren't regulated as such from the beginning.
(Regardless of whether the way local government regulated taxis was good or not)
- ars 7y agoBecause they were more like chauffeur services, which existed even before taxis. If those were not regulated, neither should Uber. Taxis are hailed from the street, everyone is isn't. Even before Uber you could call limo firms, that actually just used regular cars, and have them drive you, and those were not regulated either.
- p1necone 7y agoAh I see. In my country (New Zealand) the primary way of getting a taxi is to ring up the taxi company and get them to send you one.
- skinnymuch 7y agoYou can also do that and the system is awful across America. Not dependable at all. Customer service and support is usually awful too.
- p1necone 7y agoThe system seemed relatively alright when I used them before Uber was a thing. Using an app is easier than calling a taxi company though - although the main difference is just that Uber and co are much much cheaper than the taxis used to be. (I can only assume taxi companies must have lowered their prices to compete by now, but I'm not sure).
- taneq 7y agoI'll say this for Uber - the quality and price of our local taxi services have improved significantly since they came on the scene.