uber vs taxis

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I'm sure some of you are familiar with the issue.  If not, googled it for you.  I'm in the funk Taxis in the ass camp.  Not because any hate towards taxis, taxi drivers or taxi companies, but because it's an outdated, corrupt, over regulated and non-efficient industry.  I'm sure the statists and authoritarians disagree.

I think the taxi system needs to be overhauled, and a lot of the regulatory structure is inefficient and counterproductive, but I also don't wind up coming down on the Uber side for basically the same reason I wouldn't come down on the Airbnb side versus hotels. There are reasons that we want some regulations and the associated accountability.

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I mean, the ones who've been assaulted or kidnapped would likely disagree.

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I'm not claiming it's balanced, I was just looking for a quick reference to some of the allegations made.

Point is, Uber and Lyft have disclaimed responsibility because its drivers are all independent contractors and so the companies are not accountable for their actions, whereas taxi companies have an interest in (a mandate to) bonding and insuring their drivers.

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I'm not claiming it's balanced, I was just looking for a quick reference to some of the allegations made.

Point is, Uber and Lyft have disclaimed responsibility because its drivers are all independent contractors and so the companies are not accountable for their actions, whereas taxi companies have an interest in (a mandate to) bonding and insuring their drivers.

All Uber drivers are insured by Uber when they are "on the clock" (have the app on).  When the app is not on, their regular insurance covers them.


Obviously Uber isn't perfect, nothing is.  I have issues with some of their policies and actions, but the taxi people are worse.  Again, it's not their fault (well it is when they beat up Uber drivers, trash their vehicles, or block the roads in a hissy fit) as it's the system that's broken.

Yeah, I'm basically in the same place, except that I wouldn't diagnose it so much as one side being "worse" than the other, per se. I think that there's a space in the middle that someone needs to get to.