When was the last time you ordered a taxi?
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I think a lot of old people use taxi because they don't know how to use Uber and other ridesharing app. One old guy in my tennis club once asked me, what is the phone number to call if he wants to order an Uber car? Another friend who is an Uber driver said his neighbours often come to his house just to ask him to take them to the airport. He got sick of telling them to order the Uber from the app because he doesn't accept offline booking lol.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Strange.
Last time i ordered one, my driver was De Niro.
Last time I ordered one, my driver was Queen Latifah.
naturalexponent
Legend
I hail them quasi-regularly, but I live in NYC
Uber or especially Didi is much much cheaper than Taxi !
They're reliably bad all over the World. But in some places there's no alternatives.
I never have problem with Uber or Didi. They're always quick to arrive.
Why doubt? I regularly take Uber or Didi to the airport and from airport back to home. Taxi is always way more expensive.
I check the price now:
Taxi (13cabs): $89.39
Uber X: $57.07
Uber Comfort: $68.24
Didi Express: $60.89
Didi Travel: $45.06
BlackSilver
Semi-Pro
I don't remember, must be over a decade. Nothing to do with Uber though.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
I saw an old woman waiting for a taxi at the supermarket. She waited forever and grumbled about it. With Uber or Didi I usually only wait less than 5 minutes, usually 3 minutes. There are always drivers nearby.True, i ordered a taxi last week. I'm still waiting for it to arrive.
I used Grab and Zig in Singapore last week. I used to use taxis before but now they have consolidated as Zig. Difference is that Grab is like Uber or Lyft but Zig cars can be flagged down like taxis.
In Singapore, ride service drivers have to pass a rigorous exam. Not enough to have license and access to a car approved by the companies.
In Singapore, ride service drivers have to pass a rigorous exam. Not enough to have license and access to a car approved by the companies.
Taxi drivers dug their own graves by charging more, driving badly, arriving late and being unavailable in many areas. Uber-like companies are a boon to all travelers, especially senior citizens.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Their days of monopoly are over.
Is it like Ramesh Krishnan's serve from 1984 which is still crossing the net?True, i ordered a taxi last week. I'm still waiting for it to arrive.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Uber is essentially a regulation-evasion device invented by Wall Street. We've had deregulation in the building industry as well. Houses are error-riddled as a result.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Monopoly has supposedly disappeared from aviation. Ticket prices are now through the roof, as are the passengers.
I never worry about that. Taxi is always way way more expensive here.
Now the price to airport:
Uber X $ 58.32 (up about 1 dollar)
Didi Express: $ 55.24 (going down more than 5 dollar)
Taxi: $ 93.71 (going up more than 4 dollar).
LOL, even the taxi can't help themselves to surge their price. Yet, their app says it's a fixed price! What a joke.
I've done this hundreds of times. Never a taxi. Ridiculously more expensive.
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In California, it is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commision.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
This is the way Uber works as well, only it is self-exploitation of a sort:
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Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue, watchdog tells Senate estimates
Almost 5% of pilots refused shifts due to tiredness in the last 28-day roster period, senators told, amid concerns about back-to-back 12-hour days
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Uber will automatically make drivers rest if the drivers have exceeded a safe total working hours, to prevent them from overworking.This is the way Uber works as well, only it is self-exploitation of a sort:
Virgin Australia is rostering pilots ‘closer to the limit’ of fatigue, watchdog tells Senate estimates
Almost 5% of pilots refused shifts due to tiredness in the last 28-day roster period, senators told, amid concerns about back-to-back 12-hour days
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Mainad
Bionic Poster
Never use Uber. Have an excellent local taxi firm that suits me fine and has rarely let me down.
Bill Lobsalot
Hall of Fame
I use Taxis a few times a year when I take my car to be worked on. I pay cash and they're timely and reliable in my US city. I don't like my credit card number floating around.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Uber has become really unusable where i am. Forget senior citizens.
They used to often expect us to cross a heavily trafficked main road to get in, when i used to take my mum to the hospital or doctor.
Today, it takes the app ten to fifteen minutes to locate a driver and then he cancels and the process starts again.
So then i moved to taking an Uber auto, but even they were cancelling so I've started driving again.
I might try BLU which claims to have a no cancel policy, but they are on the expensive side. BLU operates electric cars.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
That was how it used to be when Uber started out here. Today, i actually wait ages for Uber and then finally cancel.
The only advantage of Uber is that an air-conditioned ride in a (battered) Uber is cheaper than hailing a three wheeler (non AC) of which there are plenty. everywhere.
I use Paypal to pay Uber, that way I don't need to worry about typing credit card number. My PayPal is not connected to a credit card but to a separate bank account that I can control and limit how much money should be there, how much money I should spend.
Dang that must be tough to deal with heavy traffic. We don't have a lot of heavy traffic where I live so it's so easy for Uber drivers to access people's houses, and I guess that's why it's so quick to order an Uber here.
I don't quite understand your explanation here, but Uber here always get me from point A to point B with no problem.
There was one exception, which was when I was travelling in Bali many years ago. Taxi drivers there threatened Uber drivers (physically), so Uber drivers there were afraid of picking passengers up near the airport arrival gate. People had to walk to near the departure gate area and meet the Uber drivers there discreetly. The Uber cars did not put Uber stickers on their cars and the drivers were really afraid. In some districts the taxi mafia put a sign that says Uber are banned to operate in that district. I don't know how it is now.
I know many years ago in Australia an Uber driver was chased by a Taxi driver outside a hotel and was physically abused, but that's not the case anymore here. There are more Uber cars than Taxi cars around where I live, and Taxi is trying to compete by making Uber-like app for smartphones.
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Sentinel
Bionic Poster
The Uber app locates drivers several miles away so the wait time is often 10 to 15 minutes. No doubt the driver cancels after a few minutes. Then another one ten minutes away is located. Usually/always it takes Uber ten minutes to locate a driver who is ten minutes away!
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
I described to you what happened and I was asking for an explanation. The driver drove me around the block and not to my destination. How is this system working if this can happen?
That's not a good Uber driver. You should give the driver 1 or 2 stars.
From what I read, somebody ordered an Uber for you? That could be tricky. It's best if you order it yourself because then you know exactly the route, and you can straight away give feedback to the driver using the app whether their service is good or not. You can also report any problems you encountered during the journey.
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Bartelby
Bionic Poster
It was ordered for me as the organisation was paying for it. They eventually got a driver and suggested the first one was not the usual driver of the vehicle.
If somebody else orders the Uber, you won't have full control of the journey, they can change the destination and you can't make modifications to the trip. If you order it yourself you have control of your trip and you can see the ratings of the driver, the photo of the driver, the car number plate, etc.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
The guy drove me around the block. He was a fraud that, somehow, Uber allowed on the road.
ErrorMachine
Rookie
I’ve always used Lyft with great success.
Last taxi I believe was 2016 in DC, before that 2014 Nashville.
I like Lyft because the app is easy to use. It’s annoying when they cancel but a new one pops up soon. I mostly take them after large arena events and I check the taxis first as they are posted up, and I’d rather chill outside and wait for a lesser priced option. Though, when I used to take the train I’d take the taxi because I stayed around the corner and it was only a few bucks and I tipped more than the fare.
I like having an app because it gives the driver gps coordinates. The time in Nashville was hairy because he couldn’t understand me and he got goofy trying to find my hotel.
Last taxi I believe was 2016 in DC, before that 2014 Nashville.
I like Lyft because the app is easy to use. It’s annoying when they cancel but a new one pops up soon. I mostly take them after large arena events and I check the taxis first as they are posted up, and I’d rather chill outside and wait for a lesser priced option. Though, when I used to take the train I’d take the taxi because I stayed around the corner and it was only a few bucks and I tipped more than the fare.
I like having an app because it gives the driver gps coordinates. The time in Nashville was hairy because he couldn’t understand me and he got goofy trying to find my hotel.
If you order the Uber yourself, you can report this to Uber directly and the person or the car can be banned from Uber. If you see the driver's face looks different to the photo in the driver profile, you should report it.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
There will still be some drivers who try to break the rules.
I once ordered a cab, my app showed him reversing slightly a quarter mile away every five minutes. It was a Sunday, that road was empty. He has just accepted the ride and didn't want to take it. After 30 minutes he finally drove in, no apology. I was in no mood to argue.
Another time i cancelled a cab that showed it was not moving. I was charged cancellation. Later i drove by and found that same cab parked on the side of the road, driver was having a smoke or whatever at a stall nearby. Car was open and empty.
On other occasions, I've been told I'm "on the way" when the cab has not arrived. And it was moving away in some other direction.
Now they send an OTP too the customer which the driver must enter so that trick has stopped.
The problem in India that cabs don't use the fare meter, so you have to haggle the fare, and i dislike that.
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