# Why is Uber regulated differently from taxis?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-uber-regulated-differently-from-taxis/774046>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-uber-regulated-differently-from-taxis/774046 "2016-12-06T18:17:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-uber-regulated-differently-from-taxis/774046/41 "2016-12-12T22:30:47Z")

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Doesn’t NY/nyc have laws for car services that uses set route pricing ?

Only reason I remember this is a book I read where that was the one main people occupation and he liked it better than a taxi because customers didn’t feel like they were getting ripped off when in a traffic jam and such and the tipping was better

But many people didn’t know about the service so his place only worked for social service/low income programs so grandma didn’t go bankrupt going to the doctors every week or two

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