[stephenhess]

Having taken quite a few cabs in DF (lived in Roma for a couple months), the uber-bashing in this thread is perplexing. Cab drivers in DF routinely don't follow rules - they often share the same license amongst multiple people, they'll lie about knowing how to get to a place and take you on a merry-go ride where they stop to ask people for directions along the way, they'll go out of the way to extend your ride intentionally and cars will be completely devoid of seatbelts. The idea that Uber is line-stepping ignores the fact that everyone is already line-stepping but at least with Uber, you get a way better product. (Granted ideally you have a set of rules that get enforced and quality control that way but this just isn't the tempo of DF).