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Re:Uber secures right to continue operating in London by DanBC on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:44AM (#24615576)
Uber was more dangerous, and has only been made safer because of campaigning and pressure. Some examples (but there are more) are use of the app as a taximeter; lack of DBS checks; lack of insurance; unauthorised drivers taking the place of the registered driver.
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Re:Uber secures right to continue operating in London by iso1631 on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:32AM (#24617718)
> unauthorised drivers taking the place of the registered driver

Which can easily happen with any other minicab or black taxi.

There's nothing special about people like John Worboys, other than unlike Uber he wasn't traceable from his victims accounts.

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Re:Uber secures right to continue operating in London by giancarlostoro on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:55AM (#24615648)
> unauthorised drivers taking the place of the registered driver.

Funnily enough now that you have to wear a mask to drive (at least in the states) this point is a little easier to pull off probably.

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