A cab drive : Fear? Root Cause?
Struggling with jet lag, in the state of not enough sleep, I booked a cab using the power in my hand (mobile :-)). It is a pleasant morning, cloudy, with droplets of rain once in a while and road near the apartment being wet, containing mud, sand, oil here and there. Last but not the least, polyethylene papers on the road, some containing food and some not. I booked a share pool, price of solo ride was high and it made sense to go for a share pool given the time difference between share-pool and solo raid. I choose to sit along with the driver. I usually like to sit in the front seat mainly to observe activity on the driver mobile. During my childhood, it was always fun to observe the driver of a RTC ( Road Transport Corporation ) bus with a gigantic steering wheel. Most of the time, the driver mobile shows maps but it also tells a lot about ride provider application. As soon as I sat, the ride app took control, it paired with a rider who was two kilomete...