Originally Posted by
TWA884
Pardon me for not being an enthusiastic lemming.
I have used Uber Taxi while traveling abroad and found it to be quite good.
However, I do not care for Uber's substandard and virtually worthless background checks for their drivers, and their lackadaisical approach to insurance (
link). I find Uber's attempts to slither away from responsibility for accidents caused by their drivers to be particularly repugnant (
link).
They use Disclosures UK for background checks in the UK, the same as taxi companies and other employers use.
I've used Uber in the UK, Australia and Netherlands several times now, X and Black/Luxe.
All experiences have been positive, and nothing remotely as bad as some of my taxi experiences in those countries. I make a point of asking the driver how it's working for them and all have been positive, expect for one busy day-job professional in Perth who had said he didn't make enough money from X to justify his time away from family in the evenings, but was satisfied with his take from Uber Black (he had a late model high spec Jag as his Black car).