Uber is a great application that allows you to get a car to pick you up, all without having to hail a taxi. And often times it's safer because each driver has a rating out of five stars, and it tells you their license plate on the app, so you can verify that it is in fact the car you're supposed to be getting. If you get into a taxi sometimes you don't know who's picking you up. Granted, the Uber drivers have taken advantage of their passengers at times. But so have taxi drivers. Predators have painted their cars up like taxis and have done nefarious things with people. I would feel a lot safer in an Uber than in a taxi. And so the the war with Uber vs. taxi drivers wages on.