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Why would you rather share the road with an uber/lyft driver vs taxi as a pedestrian?

girvo 11y ago
Taxi drivers face fewer repercussions for shitty driving. Interestingly, as a function of Uber being illegal here, Uber drivers are super duper careful about what they're doing; if they have an accident, then the traffic authority isn't going to be very happy with them. But, to be honest, a crappy driver is a crappy driver. Taxi drivers just seem to be worse in my personal experience.
viraptor 11y ago
Not from the US, but in the UK I'd much rather see a system where I can give a real feedback about the ride. There's a lot of talk about how Uber is not responsible for drivers and is only matching parties to workaround the law. In practice it looks like this to me: In a usual "city-approved" taxis you get crazy behaviour, parking in dangerous places, speeding, etc. Try complaining and you'll learn that drivers only rent the communication equipment - the company is not responsible for what they do. In Uber, I got a dangerous driver only once (where "dangerous" meant tailgating, but nothing really bad). He got 3 stars and a comment. I got 2 emails following up on the situation and Uber's assurance that the driver has been talked to. So yes, I'd much rather share the road with an Uber/Lyft driver, because I know the feedback actually works in that case. There's another case of what insurance they have of course... but that's another topic about actually using the service.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  > So yes, I'd much rather share the road with an Uber/Lyft driver, because I know the feedback actually works in that case. Yeah, the feedback system seems to be a cool idea. In case of Uber though, keep in mind that the driver will get fired if their average rating drops to ~4.6 stars. That 3 you left there? Probably had a really big impact on him.
  - droidist2 11y ago
    Yeah it's kind of crazy how people expect to see 4.5+ star ratings on everything but then also often use 3 stars to mean average, like the people who leave 3 star reviews for apps that say "looks interesting, I'll check it out later."

girvo 11y ago

Taxi drivers face fewer repercussions for shitty driving. Interestingly, as a function of Uber being illegal here, Uber drivers are super duper careful about what they're doing; if they have an accident, then the traffic authority isn't going to be very happy with them. But, to be honest, a crappy driver is a crappy driver. Taxi drivers just seem to be worse in my personal experience.

viraptor 11y ago

Not from the US, but in the UK I'd much rather see a system where I can give a real feedback about the ride. There's a lot of talk about how Uber is not responsible for drivers and is only matching parties to workaround the law. In practice it looks like this to me: In a usual "city-approved" taxis you get crazy behaviour, parking in dangerous places, speeding, etc. Try complaining and you'll learn that drivers only rent the communication equipment - the company is not responsible for what they do. In Uber, I got a dangerous driver only once (where "dangerous" meant tailgating, but nothing really bad). He got 3 stars and a comment. I got 2 emails following up on the situation and Uber's assurance that the driver has been talked to. So yes, I'd much rather share the road with an Uber/Lyft driver, because I know the feedback actually works in that case. There's another case of what insurance they have of course... but that's another topic about actually using the service.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
> So yes, I'd much rather share the road with an Uber/Lyft driver, because I know the feedback actually works in that case. Yeah, the feedback system seems to be a cool idea. In case of Uber though, keep in mind that the driver will get fired if their average rating drops to ~4.6 stars. That 3 you left there? Probably had a really big impact on him.
- droidist2 11y ago
  Yeah it's kind of crazy how people expect to see 4.5+ star ratings on everything but then also often use 3 stars to mean average, like the people who leave 3 star reviews for apps that say "looks interesting, I'll check it out later."