Taxicabs of the United States area. The president of United Cab discourages his drivers from carrying firearms, instead advising them to accelerate the car and crash into a lamppost or even a police car if they are threatened with a gun. Uber is a major competitor to taxi companies, providing on-demand for-hire car service through a smartphone app in many US cities. Uber services are generally treated as black-car services from a legal standpoint and are not generally regulated under Taxi laws. This can cause friction with both local governments and taxi companies. In June 2015, the city council voted unanimously to increase taxi fares;
Crazy Taxi (video game) the Graphic State developed "" in 2003, the only title for the Game Boy Advance. "", a compilation of "Crazy Taxi" and "Crazy Taxi 2" was released in 2007 for the PlayStation Portable. A mobile-exclusive entry to the series, titled "", was released on the iOS and Google Play app stores in 2014. "Crazy Taxi" and its sequels have also prompted several games which clone its core gameplay. "" was the first of these titles, released in 2001. In 2003, Sega filed a lawsuit against Fox Interactive, Electronic Arts, and Radical Entertainment. Sega claimed that the game was a patent