It might be nice to be in a situation where planning or relying on community is possible. Many of us live and work in places where such is simply not possible. Other times emergencies arise. The beauty of Uber is that it makes transportation simple and relatively safe. I know people who used to keep a driver's number handy, but that doesn't work when you're out of town or your regular driver is not available. The taxi companies have shown themselves unreliable so Uber and similar services have arrived.
I travel for work and typically have rent cars, or catch cabs in places where cabs are readily available. I will never again call for a cab in Dallas. The local cabs are almost exclusively run by Yellow, which is owned by crooked political operatives. The cabs are not clean and drivers are not professional. The dispatch is dysfunctional and getting a cab may take 45 minutes or longer. Pre-arranged rides may arrived hours late.
The market is ripe for a new entry, and the old medallion and city-awarded franchise systems are doomed.
As for carrying, if they post the state required notice in each vehicle, or hand me a card after they have picked me up, I may get out and leave them hanging, or I may simply say nothing since state law is, at best, fuzzy in Texas on restricting carry in private transportation for hire.
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Relatively safe?
Did you miss the investigative reports that showed Uber's background checks were horrible and let people with felony burglary and assault convictions through? One news organization hired a woman with burglary convictions to apply and she was passed! She even said on camera that if she was driving someone to the airport she'd be tempted to drive back after dropping them off and rob their house! So much for "relatively safe."
This is another one, there are scores of stories like this on the net:
https://pando.com/2014/04/24/uberx-...so-much-for-those-improved-background-checks/
Why are you talking about Texas? This is the Washington state sub-forum. The RCWs are very clear on trespassing and posted conditions of entry, especially when it's clear that people are or should be aware of them having actively agreed to them.
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