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For some reason it's controversial but you are correct. Uber do not provide a fare in advance, as with all private mini cabs in the UK. They are doing a metere

For some reason it's controversial but you are correct. Uber do not provide a fare in advance, as with all private mini cabs in the UK. They are doing a metered service which I understood to be illegal except for black cabs. It's pretty simple. My main worry is the demise of cheap local cab firms. You can easily get a fare 40% less than Addison Lee or a black cab by going to your local cab firm. Indeed many bars and clubs have a legal requirement to station a taxi attendant outside to make sure people can get home safe at 4am (black cabs will be impossible at that time for most areas).

iamwithnail 12y ago
Valid concern, tbh - but I guess (at least in London), you've got three/four tiers of cabs now - Black Cabs, Uber, Kabbee/TaxiCabit registered minicabs, and tiny local firms that aren't on those systems - I suspect it might be the last ones that either get squashed out or forced onto the new tech. (Also - try getting a blac cab to take you back to Peckham from the centre of London basically any time after 6pm, nightmare. /sarfovdarivva)
- easytiger 12y ago
  > (Also - try getting a blac cab to take you back to Peckham from the centre of London basically any time after 6pm Yup. in fact I was standing outside a restaurant on the Strand at 1am recently. The doorman of the restaurant was trying to hail us and the group behind us a cab. Cab pulls up, hears destination, and drives off. They do this fast so you don't have time to grab their number and report them (which i encourage everyone to do should they refuse a fair). Of course if the Taxi driver had realised it was for Alan Rickman and Zoe Wannamaker then perhaps he may have changed his mind.