In the recent decade, many so-called illegal taxi services appeared in cities. Not only developed countries such as America and France began to have this kind of service, but also China, which is a developing country, has a taxi-calling service. On 25th June 2015, Uber, which is a taxi service company, had been banned by the French government due to its legal eligibility and the riots of rebellion it caused. Nevertheless, I think we have to admit the rationality of the appearance of the illegal taxi service. 

To delve into the essence of the illegal taxi issue, we cannot deny that the legally existing taxi service, namely the yellow cab, fails to satisfy everyone’s need.

For the yellow cab itself, there are some reason why people did not like and use it. Firstly, the unaffordable price and the long waiting time of those taxi services in the developed country are the obstacles of the taxi service. Secondly, unfriendly attitudes and untidy environment of the taxi in developing country made people always feel disappointed about the service.

For the government and sectors that control over the legitimate taxi industry, they should have done a better job to make taxi more accessible, more convenient and more affordable. Rather than spending time to ban the illegal taxi companies off their country, the government should strengthen the traditional taxi industry in order to make it more competitive amongst all taxi services.

References:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/03/revving-up

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34404692

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33281896

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