If you happened to be an innocent bystander who somehow got caught in the crossfire of a terrorist attack, would you think that you’d have to pay four times the normal cost of a car ride to safety?
Unfortunately, that’s what happened last December to some Uber passengers when faced with needing a quick escape and some distance from the 16-hour siege at Sydney, Australia’s Lindt Chocolate Cafe. The event triggered the controversial “surge-pricing” that Uber and other ride-booking services (lesser players Lyft and Sidecar included) also use here in the U.S.