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Have I not understood what &quot;Uber&quot; is?
<p>I just watched a random video where an Uber driver is stopped by the cops, and the cops eventually mention that "there's a lot of history on this vehicle", and mention that it makes sense that there is "history" on the vehicle because he is an Uber driver.</p>

<p>The driver then seems to imply that he's just driving the vehicle and that it isn't his.</p>

<p>But isn't the whole point of "Uber" that it's like "peer-to-peer taxi"? Isn't an Uber driver just some guy who has registered as a driver on an "app" and then he drives people from point A to point B, just like a traditional taxi, using his own car?</p>

<p>If it isn't his car, then whose is it?</p>

<p>If you need context, this is the video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQKkYWDUQ4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQKkYWDUQ4</a></p>

<p>(The relevant part is a few minutes in, maybe 4:30.)</p>

<p>No, you have not misunderstood what "Uber" is. Uber allows private individuals to function as a private car service (much like a Taxi but not as regulated). Individuals must provide their own vehicles, or Uber partners with certain car rental companies to offer discounts to Uber drivers for using rented cars. </p>

<p>The video you posted, the individual was told that the officers wanted to run a dog around the car because the driver was refusing a voluntary search. The driver's concern was that if they found something, that they would arrest the driver saying that whatever they found was his. He was trying to say <em>"if you find something, you'll say I'm driving, it's my car, it's my contraband"</em>. This is a legitimate concern because police often hold the driver responsible for what they find on the passenger, or if the passenger were to stuff drugs (or whatever) in a place accessible to the driver, the driver could be charged.</p>

<p>He is not implying that it isn't "his car", he's trying to reason with the officers saying that if they do find something, they shouldn't attribute that to him automatically.</p>
