[throwaway50702]

Why would anyone want to call a "real" taxi without any driver rating system?

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Reply to the comment below because I can't post no more:

That "simple stuff" never worked in any EU city I ever visited. It just helped the gangsters keep their business.

The real simple stuff that works is an app with rating system and pre-calculated prices.

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Reply to the second comment below:

Well I mostly travel around central and eastern Europe - Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria... - never had a good experience with a "real" taxi before Uber anywhere in these countries. Not even "okay" experience, it was always very bad, barely tolerable.

[gambiting]

>>Why would anyone want to call a "real" taxi without any driver rating system?

I don't understand how the rating system helps in any way shape or form though. The worst rides in my life in any taxi, period, were all from 5-star rated Uber drivers. Most recent one in a small English town where the guy was literally doing 60mph on 30mph streets, braking hard and going into corners so the tyres would squeal - I literally had to tell him to slow down and he said "no it's fine don't worry about it". I checked and the guy had 3000 completed rides and something like 4.8/5 rating. I reported him through support but I will never know if anything was done.

>>never had a good experience with a "real" taxi before Uber anywhere in these countries

I'm from Poland and I never had issues with "real" taxis here, in Krakow, Warsaw and other places - you have to watch out for fake taxis which can operate outside of regulations, but the proper licenced taxis are absolutely fine.

[cameldrv]

4.8 is not a good Uber rating these days. Giving anything less than 5 stars requires you to justify your rating now. 4.8 means roughly 1 in 5 passengers were annoyed enough to go through this.

[throwaway50702]

Was that before or after Uber completely changed the market?

[jwestbury]

> That "simple stuff" never worked in any EU city I ever visited. It just helped the gangsters keep their business.

Odd, as I've never once had a bad experience with a London black cab.

[pixxel]

It’s called a carriage license or similar. Simple stuff, really.

[contravariant]

It's somewhat ironic to place a comment like this on a throwaway account.