Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
What prevents an uber driver from letting some other individual drive in his/her place, just like a taxi driver can lend his/her taxi license to another individual? At least the displayed taxi license has a photo of the driver as well as the name and taxi license number that the passenger can record.
You get a photo of the driver before he or she picks you up, along with the license plate number and the star rating of that particular driver. In cabs, I find that the photo is often obscured or very, very out of date.