A safe driver who knows the area well and has an immaculate vehicle should be allowed to set their own rate. You talk about "customers having no idea what a trip will cost" like that isn't a supremely easily fixed problem.
You simply filter out by cost per mile, no different than filtering results on eBay or another website. You tell the Uber app you're only willing to pay $0.80 per mile, or whatever that number is. Maybe you end up in 2012 Honda Civic on your ride back... or you crank it up to $2.00 per mile and you end up in an Audi A6.
A safe driver who knows the area well and has an immaculate vehicle should be allowed to set their own rate. You talk about "customers having no idea what a trip will cost" like that isn't a supremely easily fixed problem.
You simply filter out by cost per mile, no different than filtering results on eBay or another website. You tell the Uber app you're only willing to pay $0.80 per mile, or whatever that number is. Maybe you end up in 2012 Honda Civic on your ride back... or you crank it up to $2.00 per mile and you end up in an Audi A6.
Power to the people?