Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California
by spaginal on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:41PM
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My worst experience in any transportation was out of Newark, NJ by a taxi. Arrived late at night in the Penn station train terminal, went in the first taxi available to go to my hotel.
I was privileged to a high speed race through Newark running red lights, not responding to my pleas to stop, charge meter was off the whole ride, then a huge argument over the cab fare that almost got the cops called on us once I thankfully arrived at the hotel.
I’ve never been in a cab since.
Uber and Lyft has always been pleasant for me.
Having been stranded far from home, both late night and in the early evening, I see Uber & Lyft as providing a valuable service.
Having been taken advantage of by taxi drivers on multiple occasions (I don't think I've ever actually had a good taxi experience) I don't want to go back to the way things were. Maybe other people like being defrauded by taxi drivers? Maybe people just forget how bad the taxi system is, and that at one point people were cheering the demise of the old taxi system for a reason.