I know a lad who got a taxi from Manchester to Rochdale got about 500 yards from his house and jumped out done a runner, trouble was he was that pissed he forgot it was an UBER!
Living in Wythenshawe in my youth I always had to pay the fare upfront in a cab home from a night out. It wound me up no end but I understood why. On my own or with mates as soon as the driver asked where we were going and we said Wythenshawe it was, "Sorry lads going to need the fare upfront."