Why don't more people drive for Uber or use it?

[smahala1991]

I get it can get expensive, but it seems like my area never has drivers available, or if there are it's just one in the whole town.

[SCARRED]

on a vacation to seattile used uper

price was right , guys and gals were on time

knew the area gave intel on eating places

where the shops that would not

rip off fokes for the stuff you drag

home for family and co-workers

on the trip from the train

to home like 35 miles

i forgot a bag

the next morning at 4 am

the doorbell rings

he had my bag with my ham radio

and my pager and blackberry

offeerred him like 100.00 cash

the guy said no, do you got a cup of coffee going,

scarred

to this day i refer friends to this guy

all the time.

SCARRED

[NathanDavis]

I've often said that I use Uber to go around... truth is, I actually go with a different company that is much cheaper and reliable

maybe, there are other options in your area as well

however, I'll get a car of my own soon enough, lol

[jennifer_bloom]

They usually make less then other drivers of legally regulated cab services so they have difficulty breaking even. I also will not hire an Uber to go to the airport because since it’s not regulated like taxi services, they might scam me out of money or steal our luggage or report our vacation to thieves so we get robbed while we are in Mexico, or rape is if there is no guy around to protect us, or kidnap us and sell our organs to a foreign hospital.

[CaptainSmartass]

They are legally regulated here. Uber drivers have to get a minicab license just like anyone else in the job.

[jennifer_bloom]

@CaptainSmartass They might be required to declare income and license themselves as an official employee but the background check and tracking of customers and employees for accountability and quality assurance is not there like it is with formal taxi services. A lot of times people get raped or robbed and uber can't identify the person who did it cause the guy used a fake id to get his Uber job and they did not check him up enough to find the real person who did the attack.

[Whatthefluff]

I think in rural areas, there’s a supply/demand problem

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Where I live in Pennsylvania USA, they got people harming the drivers, that's why we have fewer people driving for Uber because they fear of getting shot or stabbed.

[FunkyMonkee]

I can't afford it and I don't have a license. If I DID have a license, why would I NEED to use it?

[slatyb]

There aren't enough drivers to meet demand because Uber isn't offering enough money.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Well there's both a risk to drivers getting assaulted or customers having that happen to them. I've seen news articles on both.

[msc545]

It is expensive to use, and it doesn't pay drivers enough.

[the-mad-german]

In most cases there is just not enough demand.