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She wasn't looking at the road because she was entering data about the drive into the uber app, at uber's request. Also, even if she wasn't doing it at uber's
by strombofulous 6y ago
She wasn't looking at the road because she was entering data about the drive into the uber app, at uber's request.
Also, even if she wasn't doing it at uber's request, this is such a predictable event. The driver was paid close to minimum wage... Regardless of how you feel about this, it's definitely the case that people who are paid minimum wage will typically give minimum effort. This was totally forseeable. The people in charge of making this decision at uber were either negligent or willfully ignorant, but there's no excuse to hire someone for near-minimum wage for this job if you truly care about safety.
- asdff 6y agoSurely she could have parked to do that.
- strombofulous 6y agoHow do you know she didn't have to record something every 30 seconds? What if Uber told her not to? Maybe she had to enter in readings from the dashboard? How about if the data needed to be entered within 10 seconds of a light flashing? Etc...
- donor20 6y agoDon't let the facts get in the way of the outrage machine! She was watching The Voice on Hulu. We know she didn't have to record something every 30 seconds or enter reading from the dashboard or enter something within 10 seconds of a light flashing.
- donor20 6y agoShe wasn't "entering data about the drive into the uber app, at uber's request". She was streaming the The Voice on Hulu. Is this some weird type of disinformation campaign against uber? I don't like uber but it's weird seeing a made up story like this. Only other place I have seen these is in some worker organizing efforts (which I generally support - but the made up stuff can just circulate like crazy).