> It's even less restrictive than a typical employer-employee relationship. Do you know why I still use taxi's over uber? Because when I hop in a taxi and tel

> It's even less restrictive than a typical employer-employee relationship. Do you know why I still use taxi's over uber? Because when I hop in a taxi and tell the driver I'll be inside for a few minutes but I'd like a ride back and they can just keep the meter running, they give me a thumbs up and do exactly that. When I do this for an uber driver they tell me they're not _ALLOWED_ to do that and if I need a ride back I must call another uber and wait. And then I hear these companies talk about how these uber drivers really and truly have freedom to do what they want and they're totally not taking advantage of the tax code and pushing all the risk onto the uber driver (wear and tear on the vehicle, insurance, increased risk of car wrecks, etc)! Yeah, I call bullshit. They're starting to go after these companies because they take advantage of people who are taking long term risk for short term gain (money now vs repairs on the vehicle later). You know how Taxi companies do it? If you drive your own vehicle they get a small % of the fare for the dispatch service. If you don't want to drive your vehicle you can drive theirs and they take a larger % of the fare, but you aren't risking your own vehicle. Now tell me again how uber is somehow better for their workers? I refuse to use uber because Taxi drivers are human, uber drivers are an extension of ubers body.