[prophetjohn]

Also Brooklynite.

I'd just like to another: The confidence of knowing that the driver will get me where I need to go. I have, on more than one occasion, gotten in a cab in Williamsburg (which is in Brooklyn), asked to go to Park Slope (also in Brooklyn) and after staring at my phone for a while, looked up to find myself on a bridge headed to Manhattan (not in Brooklyn and not on the way between the two).

With Uber, I punch in my destination before even getting in the car and they just follow GPS. No cabbies that don't know the city making mistakes and no sitting in unnecessary traffic jams that technology could have helped me avoid.

Now when I'm in a proper cab, I have to be on constant high alert to make sure that they're going the right way if not giving them turn-by-turn directions on my own.

[CPLX]

I live and work in and near downtown Brooklyn. I have had Uber try to route me over the bridges to get to Williamsburg or Greenpoint, repeatedly and inexplicably. So I'm not sure if that's a solved problem yet.

[EdHominem]

Thankfully with Uber (Lyft, etc?) you get a trip map afterward.

I had an Uber in SF make a wrong turn onto the bridge to Oakland so he stopped the "meter" and at least I didn't have to pay for it.

With a Taxi it'd be my word against theirs, and the police would take their side. I'd be out the extra fare until I could sue the taxi company and I'd have to hope they didn't delete the video which is my only proof. No thanks.