I know the women in my life feel structurally much safer. They don't have some weird attachment to the companies, but recognize that the overall system involve

I know the women in my life feel structurally much safer. They don't have some weird attachment to the companies, but recognize that the overall system involved makes the possibility for shenanigans much less likely. There's an emergency contact button right in the app, linked to the GPS tracker. It doesn't take a genius to see how that is safer than jumping into a random car with no record of having done so. They're not saying "surely the ride share companies do it better"; the reasons why they think it's better are apparent to them with little trust needed.