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capital and foresight to do a similar project in Ever since Uber came to Australia it has been
Australia. Any takers? spruiking that it is a lower-priced alternative to
taxis and hire cars. But this is simply not the case
Uber gets found out by ACA - occasionally yes, but mostly no.

Victoria's regulator, Commercial Passenger
Last month, Nine Network's 'A Current Affair' (ACA) Vehicles Victoria, have removed the taxi fare
did an investigation comparing UberX and Taxis. estimator from their website - stating that taxis
It exposed Uber once again, for the lying, cheating can have varied prices so the calculator was no
and deceitful operation that it has become longer accurate - but it was actually more accurate
infamous for. than Uber's price estimates.
The report ACA aired followed Cabbie G as he State governments around the country have
went about his work within Sydney's suburbs.
handed much of the enforcement aspects of
ACA reported on the comparison price to hire a the taxi, hire car and ride sharing industry to the
taxi versus an Uber and uncovered that Uber was Booking Service Providers. The government
stating inflated prices for taxi trips. It showed regulators have less involvement with the industry,
on national television that Uber was lying to less control, less regimentation and often, it
consumers - encouraging them to take Uber - seems, they have less interest too.
quoting extra-high prices for taxi trips. Consumers Have they gone too far?
had been believing them to be cheaper - NOT so!

It took the ACA investigation, and a few
submissions to the ACCC on the topic of monetary Mrs Toni Peters
gain by deception, for Uber to adjust their booking DRIVE A2B Editor
app and remove the comparative taxi pricing.

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