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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just put my hand up and a taxi is there.  I've never used Uber.  Tell me why I should?[/quote]

#1 The ride comes to you exactly where you want it.  No more standing out in the heat, rain, or snow trying to hail a cab.  Wait instead in your comfy office and you'll receive a notification when your driver pulls up.
#2 It's cheaper.  UberX is half the price of a DC cab.  UberX is equal to DC cab rates at a surge of 2.1x.
#3 Efficiency.  The driver knows where he/she is going because you've input your destination and will use GPS to get there.  No more giving turn-by-turn directions to your cabbie.
#4 Cashless and paperless.  No more hearing "cash-only" or "credit card machine is broken" from cabbies.
#5 Safer.  The ride is tracked from end-to-end and you can even a let family member or friend follow along your route.  You are on your own with a cabbie.
#6 If you leave something in an uber, you'll likely get it back.  Leave something in a taxi?  Kiss it goodbye.
#7 No more "going the scenic route" in the cabbie's favor.  If you don't think your uberX driver took a good route, complain to uber thru the app and you'll get a credit for the difference.
#8 Works in 400+ cities worldwide.  Great if you're a business traveller or on vacation.  Getting a rental car, flagging down a taxi, or even owning a car is becoming a thing of the past.

Lastly, great cabbies also drive uberX and some have even became full-time uberX drivers, which leaves the worst cabbies still driving taxis.

Uber is so wildly successful solely because people have finally had enough of bad behavior from taxicab drivers & their monopoly (Washington Flyer anyone??!?!??) over the past 30 years.  Removing the anonymity between a driver and rider solves 99% of problems that could ever arise.[/quote]

You forgot no racial profiling. I couldn't get a cab in bad weather for the life of me. But during good weather when business was slow, cabs would stop infront of me asking if I needed a ride. [/quote]

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