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;
Space Taxi and a shooting robot relating to "RobotWar" (1981, Silas S. Warner). Kutcher wrote "Space Taxi" while a freshman at Hopkins University. The physics in the game were influenced by "Lunar Lander". "Space Taxi" was cloned several times for the Amiga, once keeping the original name and once as "AirTaxi". A similar game on the PC was called "Ugh!", where the player controls a caveman with a flying contraption. For Windows Phone a remake of the first eight levels was published in 2012 as "Sketch Taxi". "Space Taxi 2", an authorized sequel to "Space Taxi", was released by Twilight Games in