Can anyone share their experiences with Uber?
I recently started using Uber to get around when my wife is using our one and only vehicle. I get picked up within 4-5 minutes when closer to town and in about 15-20 minutes when I'm at our campgroun...
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BubbaChris wrote:jfkmk wrote:BubbaChris wrote:
I'm indifferent to the safety concerns about Uber compared to taxis. We lost a friend 11 years ago when a taxi driver in Las Vegas made a very poor decision with my friend as one of his passengers.
My condolences, but that's kind of a silly argument to get in a car with a potential criminal, possibly no insurance and questionable licensing.
I suspect you're throwing around claims without doing any research. Here's another documented risk with a legit taxi services, convicted sex offenders as drivers. That doesn't necessarily present a risk since in some states you can gain that status by getting caught peeing in public. But on the other hand...
My original point was you may be making assumptions about Uber cars/drivers that may not be an accurate way to differentiate between the two types of services.
Go to a big city and ask a few taxi drivers for odometer readings, plenty with 100K, 200K or more. If they're truly maintained well, no big deal. But you don't know if they're skimping to make ends meet.
That's all?! I drove livery cars for a while...did a long run (Boston to Albany and back) in a Town Car that had 585,000 miles! It was retired a couple years later due to hairline cracks in the frame...it had 640,000 miles. 350,000+ on a taxi is NORMAL.
