Is Rideshare a good thing or a bad thing?

Not everything in this world is perfect. Nothing is permanent according to human. Change is the only permanent in this world. But we can always adapt to it. Same goes to any business or service. As time goes by and everything and everyone is evolving, perfection is not inevitable. 

Is rideshare beneficial for everyone or it is not? Every business and products has its bad side and good side. Not everything will work according to your demand aside from your vast imagination of things wherein you control everything. So does the Rideshare. 

Yes, it offers convenience to every traveller but just like human, the service has its devil side as well. Here are some of the advantage and disadvantages of ridesharing.

Advantage of ridesharing number one is that using the service will surely save you the cost of car ownership. Next is that, If you feel troubled that your car gets stolen or broken every time you go out then you have to consider using the ride sharing service. Is monthly cost of insurance and fuel gives you a headache? Use ridesharing! Are you more concern of the nature or environment then you won’t have a second thought using Ridesharing since it will lessen the carbon emissions. Not only that, traffic will reduce too since ridesharing will leads to fewer cars on the street.

If you have a large family, no need to buy a second car, you can just simply use rideshare service. Ridesharing service is very useful to someone who wants to go to a grocery store and coincidentally the family car is in use. 

These are just few of advantage of ridesharing service. To balance your decision, here are some of the disadvantages of ridesharing.

Another type of ridesharing is the Relay Rides which allows car owners to use or rent their car by another person. The disadvantage of using this service is that if in case, you got into an accident using their car, surely, you’ll get injured and at the same time you will held liable for the car. The solution for this is simple; add an insurance to cover the possibility of getting into accident. We all know that rideshare is popular and in demand right now. Because of the amount of money it will save on a household, more and more will use the service and this will result to the low percentage of availability of the driver especially when you need one during rainy days and rush hour. So, if you need a ridesharing service, plan ahead.

Ridesharing service really has its advantage and benefits as well as fall back or disadvantage. It will only depend on your current situation, lifestyle, location and your needs. Like if you are living in a greener pasture and still longing to have a car, then you could go to other options aside from rideshare such as electric cars but if you are in an urban area or those location not visible for taxi service, then ridesharing is a perfect solution for you.