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Or, you know, pay an extra $3 to Uber and avoid that situation all together.

It shouldn't matter, but it does.

There are even fewer regulations preventing Uber drivers from declining a fare based on location - or race, or gender, or they don't like your sports team, or anything.

Does that actually happen?

This article claims that Uber is actually better than cabs because the drivers don't know your race when they agree to pick you up. http://www.racialicious.com/2012/11/28/cab-drivers-uber-and-...

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