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Originally Posted by the truth

Theyre drivers are not licensed or checked by the local government like all other taxis, so you nor any customers know anything about the drivers. Theyre totally unregulated. This is why when things have gone wrong uber have faced enormous claims made against them. You are much safer in a regulated taxi with a regulated taxi driver.

According to what I've just read you have to have a suitable car, a private cab licence as well as adequate insurance (commercial private hire insurance).

Some uber drivers will brake the law and so will some licensed taxi cabs. When a work colleagues car was hit by a commercial taxi a few years ago, it turned out that the taxi was being driven by the nephew of the licensed driver. They have been trying to clam down on Indian families with a single driver licence, using that licence for the entire male side of the family.