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> There is a significant consumer safety element to the way Taxis are regulated. Whatever those safety elements are, I've certainly never experienced them. The

• emodendroket 11y ago
  Well, I'd say they're twofold: * Obviously, whether the guy is going to try and kidnap you. Well, Uber has rating, but the background checks are pretty flimsy. Still, I'll concede that it may well be just as good. * The second thing affects non-customers and it's ensuring the roads aren't congesting with a glut of taxis driving around looking for fares all day (with all the attendant problems that causes). While the average car spends 2 hours or less on the road in a day a taxi or an Uber is going to spend a lot more than that. I'm not really convinced Uber has an answer to that. There are also issues like insurance/liability and so on that are rarely encountered, but are something of a big deal if they do come up. And there's the worker protection aspect of it.
  • 9872 11y ago
    > it's ensuring the roads aren't congesting with a glut of taxis driving around looking for fares all day Ever hear of this thing called supply and demand?
    • emodendroket 11y ago
      You're missing the point, which is that the costs are not borne by customers but by everyone on the road. Supply and demand is not a mechanism to solve this kind of problem