THE State's peak motoring body has today called on the Queensland Government to get off the fence and enable ridesharing services and the taxi industry to legally co-exist.

RACQ Executive General Manager Advocacy Paul Turner urged the State Government to complete its current review of taxi regulations and stop driving ridesharing services underground.

"Making companies like Uber illegal obviously isn't working. Queenslanders are voting with their wallet and using them anyway, so we need to make sure they can do so safely, within the framework of the law," Mr Turner said.

"RACQ research shows 80 percent of Queenslanders believe they should have the right to utilise both rideshare and taxi services should they choose.

"Politicians of all stripes and levels of government have been urging motorists to carpool for years, and now we have a genuine enabler on the table, it's time they took a leading role in fixing this issue.

"We know currently the average car spends more than 90 percent of the time stationary in a garage or car park and RACQ believes every motorist should have the opportunity to make a dollar out of their car as their right as owner."

Mr Turner said competition was good for consumers in providing cheaper, more flexible and more responsive transport options.

"Government can no longer stand on the footpath of this worldwide policy debate. Our focus has to be on the best transport outcome and not just in protecting existing businesses," he said.

Mr Turner said key facets such as driver, vehicle and passenger safety could only be guaranteed through appropriate government regulation, and that simply couldn't occur if the industry was illegal.

"We understand the contribution the taxi industry has made and continues to make and obviously there will be an ongoing role for the industry in Queensland."