[phreanix]

Yup, in Manila Uber and similar services like grab taxi are becoming really popular because of the dangers in riding regular cabs.

[at-fates-hands]

Many places around the world are pretty scary:

Iranian Taxi Ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVAeAJVtmY

I remember watching a documentary about Iran and the host was talking about how much safer the "unregulated" taxi services are. Of course he qualified by saying "safer" was a pretty kind word as they almost crashed several times during filming.

[pimlottc]

That's crazy? Compared to the western world, sure, but seems pretty uneventful based on what I've seen in India.

[phreanix]

The danger I meant were passengers getting robbed, raped, etc.

[anon4]

What's crazy about that? He drove perfectly fine for a taxi.

[kristofferR]

That didn't seem scary at all.