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Exavion t1_iwr2old wrote
Reply to comment by BiblioPhil in New York taxi drivers to get first raise in 10 years, riders will pay 23% more by coolguy4206969
Anecdotally in my experience with dozens of yellow cabs and hundreds of lyfts and ubers, yellow cabs have delivered a worse experience to me as a rider 99% of the time. They were more expensive, got into MULTIPLE car accidents driving recklessly (and once tried to intimidate us into defending them to the police) less clean, more rude, and refused our rides a few times. A couple even flat out scammed us by having “meter” issues.
The technology and experience that Uber and Lyft use is rider-first, so while im glad yellow cabs are getting paid, they won’t be getting my business unless I’m forced to.
Exavion t1_iwu8i1g wrote
Reply to comment by sayheykid24 in New York taxi drivers to get first raise in 10 years, riders will pay 23% more by coolguy4206969
Yes, one major (stopped traffic on FDR, we luckily weren’t hurt) and two minor (fenders)
Not to say Ubers are without incident. One Uber driver memorably got confused about his GPS and stopped in the space adjacent to the offramp on a BQE exit during fast evening traffic, which was very unsafe. Had a couple others simply go the wrong way- twice we crossed a borough bridge when we were not supposed to leave the borough.
TBH I didn’t know the price swapped so aggressively. I hadn’t thought offpeak rideshares were more expensive than what i assumed cabs would cost for the same ride