Originally Posted by
Tamino
I have never had a taxi driver in Paris take me other than by the most expeditious route to my destination. You are absolutely within your right to dictate the route you prefer. If you do not know the optimal route to your destination, how can you authoritatively state that a driver didnīt either and that he was lost?
The difference is that with Uber the price does matter on the route the driver takes; I had a taxi ride where the driver got stuck and changed routes (probably all legit, but who knows) and the ride ended up costing around 20E. An Uber ride was about half that much.