Well, I really believe the opposite is actually true. This guy has to be one of THE DUMBEST criminals EVER. When you use this type of service you use a phone application, with your account, the driver also has an account. The system pairs passenger requests with a local driver, SO IT IS ALL RECORDED. You know exactly whom drove who where and when. This is not the case with a taxi, especially if you pay cash. With that said, I’ve heard many horror stories about taxis, usually involving being driven somewhere, robbed and left in the middle of nowhere.
So while this guy was a moron and got caught, expeditiously I might add, it is extremely rare. They all know they’re being tracked....that’s how dumb this guy was.
My concern is how these drivers are vetted to start with.
I’m uncomfortable with a ‘sometime’ driver, who does it when he/she feels like it, catching a way to make a few bucks between other priorities.
In my area, the cab drivers with the old, highly regulated companies, are generally full-time. The only time I was ever afraid, was with one Indian or Pakistani driver who was obviously working too many hours - he had a serious problem with his right arm that was interfering with his driving, and kept shifting around in his seat so much that he wasn’t driving straight. The man was in pain from overwork, and was a menace on the road.
But that was only one time, and other than that I’ve never had a bad experience with the local cab companies.
On the other hand, I’ve personally known some people who have signed-up for these ‘do-it-now-and-then’ companies. I’ll let it suffice to say that my knowledge of them personally doesn’t exactly recommend their driving skills nor, in some cases, their personal senses of responsibility.
Generally, the full-time taxi drivers with long-established companies seem to be better vetted, and have more at stake.
(It doesn’t matter to me that these drivers are ‘tracked’. I could be dead before the ‘tracking’ is even called up and investigated.)
“ou know exactly whom drove who where and when. This is not the case with a taxi, especially if you pay cash”
True if you flag a cab and pay cash no electronic record on your phone.
However if it’s like cabs here there is 24/7 audio video recording in the cab.
Also you can use dispatch or an app to call a cab and then record is there.