[hehheh]

It's not inherently safer but Uber does do things that most taxi companies don't that help improve safety, albeit slightly. Really basic things like providing the user with a photo of the driver and a description of the car including license plate so the user can be sure (well, more sure) that the car that arrived is the car they requested.

As far as I'm aware (in my experience) the only way you can compare the taxi driver's face to their license is by getting in to the back of the car, where the license photo is visible.