Uber is a very popular transport application, which will allow you to find a kind of taxi easily. Uber was born as a kind of Blablacar for the city, that is, Uber allows people to share a car to go from one point to another in the city.
This service is having great success in countries like Argentina or the United States, since it allows you to find a taxi quickly and much cheaper than with a traditional taxi.
As for our country, this service is not yet available due to the controversy that arose with taxis, however, this service is going to return very soon, because it seems that it has already been fully legalized, so soon we will be able to enjoy this service 100%.
The best thing about this service is that it allows you to find a taxi, pay for it at the moment through your mobile phone and travel quickly to any place. We will not have to look for a taxi or make gestures to stop it, since thanks to GPS technology, we will find a taxi with the touch of a button, sending a notice to pick us up and with the indicated route.
In addition to all the secrets of this transport system, ber has liability insurance, which, although not as complete as that of taxis, covers us in the event of any accident, making it a safe application that will allow us to travel from so that we don’t have to worry about any accidents.
Given that it is going to be implemented again in Spain and that we also have many Latin American readers, I see it as necessary to explain how this service works, so that people can easily find a taxi and not get confused when using this service.
Today I will explain to you how you can order a car from this application today and move around the city in which this service is available.
Instructions for how Uber works
- Download the application: The first thing we are going to do when using uber is to download the official application for Smartphones, an application that we can download for both Android and iOS. We will search the Google Play Store or the App Store for the name Uber, and then click on the first search result. In this way, we will be able to download Uber and we will be able to use it easily. Once we have downloaded and wait for it to finish (we recommend using a WI-Fi connection so that it does not use up your data and to make it go faster), we are going to wait for it to install and once it is installed, let’s go to create the Uber account, putting our name, surname, location and email.
- Put your payment information: Something that is essential to use Uber is to put the payment information, since it is a prepaid application that you pay before using, that is, if we want to take a trip, we have to pay before use it. Uber allows us to pay in multiple ways, such as by card or bank transfer. We can also recharge balance, which will be spent as we travel, as if it were a bus card. We will indicate all the necessary payment information without leaving us any details, so that when paying there are no surprises and we can do it efficiently, without having any problem.
- Find a taxi, indicate the route and pay: Once we have entered the payment details, we can use Uber and there is nothing better to use uber than to find our first taxi and choose the route. The first thing we have to do in the application is activate the location to know where we are and indicate where we want to go. When we do all this, Uber will automatically indicate the taxi drivers that are near the area and the price they charge us for the route. We must choose the taxi we want and the route we want, pay for it and wait where we are for them to pick us up. Remember that you have to pay in advance to enjoy this service.
- Enjoy the Uber service and qualify: Once we have already paid, we must wait for the taxi to come for us. The waiting time depends on where our taxi is and if it was busy at the time of ordering it. Either way, it will eventually come to pass, because if you get dumped, Uber will pay you back and kick you out of the Uber taxi system. Upon arrival, it will ask you if you are the person who requested the car, it will send you up and it will take you to your destination. Since you have already paid, you won’t even have to talk to the taxi driver, although they are usually friendly people in many cases. If the trip has been good, you can rate the taxi driver positively, something that will increase his reputation and make more people want to hire him.
Tips for how Uber works
- With Uber the controversy is served: Surely you have already heard about the controversy that has caused the appearance of the Uber service, a controversy that has been created mainly from the taxi drivers’ union. As you know, taxi drivers in most countries have to be registered as self-employed, they have to pay circulation taxes, VAT, have permits to be taxi drivers and have special insurance that is quite expensive. On the other hand, the taxi drivers provided by Uber are nothing more than what is commonly known as a pirate taxi driver, that is, an unlicensed taxi driver who can afford to charge cheaper to take people, since they do not have to pay taxes. that standard taxi drivers have to pay. This has caused an open war between the taxi drivers and the Uber people, creating various opinions about it. The controversy is served with Uber, since both opinions are respectable, because both are really right. Let’s see the opinions of both Uber defenders and taxi drivers, both respectable and with points of view that are always interesting to hear.
- Opinion of taxi drivers: Taxi drivers do not say anything good about Uber, since they see it as professional intrusion, job theft and unfair competition. They complain that the people of Uber carry out the work of taxi drivers without a license, that is, without paying everything they pay. Many people have expressed solidarity with the taxi drivers, especially their relatives, since according to them, many families are going without food because of Uber. Some countries have backed taxi drivers and banned Uber, including Spain (although Uber will be back very soon). This controversy has also occurred with other products such as Cabify, MyTaxi and Blablacar, since they are products similar to Uber. This opinion is respectable since the taxi groups have lost money because of Uber, however, throwing stones at Uber vehicles is not a way to protest, since violence is never an acceptable solution to any conflict.
- Defenders of Uber: Defenders of Uber criticize the taxi union, calling it monopolistic, sectarian and abusive. They don’t believe that Uber steals anyone’s work, seeing it more as a car sharing service than a taxi service. They really see it as a person who is going to make a certain trip, which he is going to do yes or yes, wants to earn some money and recover what has been spent on gasoline by taking someone else. In addition, the main defenders of Uber support it for its advantages over taxis, both in terms of payment convenience through the application and in price, since Uber can be 10 times cheaper than taxis. It is also helping a lot of people to make ends meet, both people who have managed to pay less for trips of this type, and people who are looking for financial compensation to pay for gasoline on the trips they make.
- Who is right?: That depends on each person and the opinion they have, from my point of view, both are partly right. Although it is true that taxi drivers pay a lot of taxes, it is also true that they have taken advantage of the monopoly they had and have charged abusive rates that are not fair in most cases (it is not fair to charge 60 euros for a trip of 40 kilometers), since with the rates they charge, it gives them to pay for gasoline, taxes and to earn a large salary. What I would do would be to force Uber to regulate its taxi drivers, since even if the fare went up a bit, they would charge much less than the classic taxi drivers, forcing them to lower the price, something that would make consumers win by the price war.
