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What if the offending Uber driver subdues the passenger and grabs the passenger’s phone and claims everything is okay ? Brainiacs

lhorie 7y ago
This thing is for car accidents. In my mind, the only thing a company could do to try to prevent the scenario you're describing is doing background checks, but that assumes a correlation between a background check and a propensity for violence can be established, which may or may not be the case. By the time an actual physical attack is happening, I don't think there's much anyone could do, brainiac or not.
- jawns 7y ago
  You say it's for car accidents, but the GIFs embedded in the post, as well as the post itself, imply that it's broader than that and reference the Uber Safety Line.
  - lhorie 7y ago
    > imply that it's broader than that Are you sure you're not just projecting your own impressions onto the article? Where do you see that being implied? The GIF literally asks if you were in a car crash. I'm curious where you and the GP get the impression this feature extends to physical assaults. > our technology can detect possible crashes or if a trip goes unusually off course. > When a RideCheck is initiated, both a rider and driver will receive a notification asking if everything is OK. They can let us know through the app that all is well, or take other actions like using the emergency button or reporting the issue to Uber’s Safety Line. Our safety team may also follow up by phone to inquire about the RideCheck. In the event of a crash, we can also help expedite the insurance claims process. To me this reads like a feature to deal with scenarios involving injury due to car accidents. The only thing that remotely sounds related to assaults is the presence of a 911 link, but that's something you also want to have in case of a medical emergency; it's not exclusive to only scenarios when you're explicitly being attacked by someone.
lolsal 7y ago
What if the driver did that without this feature in place?
imglorp 7y ago
Not an academic question. Ignore the titlegore. https://www.delcotimes.com/news/uber-driver-from-upper-darby-after-women-flee-car-in/article_cfa00b5e-c7b4-5f8a-befb-29238f4ad7bc.html https://www.delcotimes.com/news/uber-driver-from-upper-darby...

lhorie 7y ago

This thing is for car accidents. In my mind, the only thing a company could do to try to prevent the scenario you're describing is doing background checks, but that assumes a correlation between a background check and a propensity for violence can be established, which may or may not be the case. By the time an actual physical attack is happening, I don't think there's much anyone could do, brainiac or not.

jawns 7y ago
You say it's for car accidents, but the GIFs embedded in the post, as well as the post itself, imply that it's broader than that and reference the Uber Safety Line.
- lhorie 7y ago
  > imply that it's broader than that Are you sure you're not just projecting your own impressions onto the article? Where do you see that being implied? The GIF literally asks if you were in a car crash. I'm curious where you and the GP get the impression this feature extends to physical assaults. > our technology can detect possible crashes or if a trip goes unusually off course. > When a RideCheck is initiated, both a rider and driver will receive a notification asking if everything is OK. They can let us know through the app that all is well, or take other actions like using the emergency button or reporting the issue to Uber’s Safety Line. Our safety team may also follow up by phone to inquire about the RideCheck. In the event of a crash, we can also help expedite the insurance claims process. To me this reads like a feature to deal with scenarios involving injury due to car accidents. The only thing that remotely sounds related to assaults is the presence of a 911 link, but that's something you also want to have in case of a medical emergency; it's not exclusive to only scenarios when you're explicitly being attacked by someone.

lolsal 7y ago

What if the driver did that without this feature in place?

imglorp 7y ago

Not an academic question. Ignore the titlegore. https://www.delcotimes.com/news/uber-driver-from-upper-darby-after-women-flee-car-in/article_cfa00b5e-c7b4-5f8a-befb-29238f4ad7bc.html https://www.delcotimes.com/news/uber-driver-from-upper-darby...