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Passengers won't be anonymous and Uber already has reputation system. Also you can already rent a car, and rented cars are usually not vandalized.
by mixedbit 11y ago
Passengers won't be anonymous and Uber already has reputation system. Also you can already rent a car, and rented cars are usually not vandalized.
- stcredzero 11y agoThey are driven carelessly, smoked in, eaten in, etc...
- chc 11y agoCar rentals are fairly expensive. People tend to take better care of things they've put a lot into. Case in point, rental cars tend to be in much better condition than the back seats of taxis, which in turn are in better shape than the back seats of buses. I think people's concern is that single rides in self-driving cars might even rank below buses.
- alextgordon 11y agoStill, Uber knows who you are. If you damage their car they can invoice you. Presumably they will have CCTV in these things?
- jellicle 11y agoRental cars aren't vandalized because they are inspected before and after every rental by rental company employees. Driverless rental vehicles will very quickly look like the back of public buses. "Dave {hearts} Christina" inscribed on every surface.
- ghaff 11y agoHave you heard of Zipcar? There are lots of reasons to be skeptical that we'll see autonomous taxis in less than decades but this doesn't seem like one of the bigger problems.
- dsl 11y agoA car sharing company accused me of leaving a dirty vehicle. Apparently I had picked up smoking and gotten a dog without knowing it. They were quite adamant about charging me a cleaning fee until I got American Express involved.
- ghaff 11y agoPresumably there were one or more intervening drivers between whoever caused the issues and you who didn't notice or didn't think enough about it to complain. (Both the things you describe are probably way more irksome to some people than others.)
- nsxwolf 11y agoYou have a lot more liability as a renter.
- itslennysfault 11y agoI imagine it'll be kinda like car2go or ZipCar where if you get in a car and it's messy or damaged you're supposed to report it. Presumably the person before you did the damage. If you don't report it you risk the next person reporting it and you get the blame.