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| - I've only rode an Uber in San Fran and it was a pretty awesome experience because we literally were able to call a cab from our phones and have it at the door within 15 seconds. I come from Hong Kong, where there are plenty of taxis on the street already and I understand how annoying it is to stand on the curb and wait for a taxi to come close to you, in addition to having the impolite people who run and try to steal your taxi even though you were already waiting for one for a good fifteen minutes.
In San Fran, we were able to compare the Uber prices with another company called Lyft, so the Surge prices didn't really affect us, because when it was Surge, we would just revert to Lyft. The Uber app was pretty useful, because you can see where and who the driver is and see the route that the driver is taking to your destination, making sure that he or she is not driving you in circles if you are new to the area to earn more money as some taxi drivers do. In addition, the estimation for Uber app is really accurate, out of all the times we took it, it has never been out of the range.
Of course, there's always the issue with insurance and whatnot and obviously that's something the government should decide; to take out the insurance fee for all taxi drivers or enforce the insurance fee for all Uber drivers. I don't want to take a standpoint on this topic, but I definitely recommend trying out Uber because of all the reasons I have listed.
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