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I have seen that list of incidents that you shared (http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents). That l

I have seen that list of incidents that you shared (http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents). That list includes regular driving accidents too which could happen to anybody. After seeing that website, I think the first few questions I had were: (i) During a given time period, how many rideshare trips were taken? (ii) How many rideshare riders were affected (killed, assaulted etc.)? (iii) During that same period, how many taxi trips were taken? (iv) How many taxi riders were affected? That website only answers (ii), and not the rest of the three questions which makes the presented data meaningless (and also misleading, IMO).

Asparagirl 10y ago
How about data like "how many Uber drivers had glaring criminal records (sex offenders, murderers, etc.) and were still hired by Uber, because Uber doesn't do decent background checks with fingerprints, whereas those drivers would not have been hired by traditional taxi companies, and therefore this policy recklessly put female Uber passengers at risk?" Because just in Los Angeles alone, that number is at least twenty-five identified drivers, according to a lawsuit that Uber settled last year: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/07/uber-settles-lawsuit-with-s-f-and-l-a-district-attorneys/ https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/07/uber-settles-lawsuit-wi...
- dllthomas 10y ago
  If Uber is hiring drivers with criminal records, and nonetheless has fewer incidents per number of rides than traditional taxis, GREAT! People who have committed crimes and served their time need a way to make a living, and obviously the risk to passengers is not substantial as we accept more from taxis. On the other hand, if ... and has substantially more incidents than traditional taxis, this is an important criticism! But you're not actually making the comparison that matters (and neither has any media that I've seen), so we don't know.

Asparagirl 10y ago

How about data like "how many Uber drivers had glaring criminal records (sex offenders, murderers, etc.) and were still hired by Uber, because Uber doesn't do decent background checks with fingerprints, whereas those drivers would not have been hired by traditional taxi companies, and therefore this policy recklessly put female Uber passengers at risk?" Because just in Los Angeles alone, that number is at least twenty-five identified drivers, according to a lawsuit that Uber settled last year: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/07/uber-settles-lawsuit-with-s-f-and-l-a-district-attorneys/ https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/07/uber-settles-lawsuit-wi...

dllthomas 10y ago
If Uber is hiring drivers with criminal records, and nonetheless has fewer incidents per number of rides than traditional taxis, GREAT! People who have committed crimes and served their time need a way to make a living, and obviously the risk to passengers is not substantial as we accept more from taxis. On the other hand, if ... and has substantially more incidents than traditional taxis, this is an important criticism! But you're not actually making the comparison that matters (and neither has any media that I've seen), so we don't know.