> That sounds so weird to me... What do you mean cars don't have seat belts?!
I can confirm the OP's experience albeit in a different country (Mexico). In some regions, I haven't been in a single street taxi with working seat belts. Indeed, I've been in some private cars without them as well, or with more physical space for passengers than there were seat belts available.
Uber vehicles, though, have always provided those safety features. Some drivers work as both street taxi and Uber drivers (as they frequently cross into or live in regions without Uber but drive people to places that have it), so that quality assurance can trickle down in some cases. It honestly goes beyond seat belts though; a Uber car is more likely to have AC, electric windows, etc. than your average taxi, even in ridiculously hot parts of the country.
Not sure what to make of this. I’m Indian and the last time I was in India, there was strict execution of the seatbelt law and offenders were made to wait and fined heavily. Most drivers were wearing seatbelts.
Maybe because it was in Chennai, a southern state and not in Mumbai or Delhi.
Sounds plausible. I was in Delhi a couple of years ago, using mostly Ola (Uber didn't seem to like my non-Indian card, strangely enough) and most of them did not have seat belts at all.
That sounds so weird to me... What do you mean cars don't have seat belts?!