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Thank you. As an Uber user in DC, I have yet to encounter, or hear of any news event in which Uber put people in a dangerous or even inconvenient situation. I

by JPKab 14y ago

Thank you. As an Uber user in DC, I have yet to encounter, or hear of any news event in which Uber put people in a dangerous or even inconvenient situation. It's infuriating to see people compare Uber to a poorly secured Bitcoin site, as if the regulations in banking are somehow equivalent to those with taxi cabs. Uber only uses licensed sedan drivers. They are already subject to safety regulation, but unlike taxi cabs they are also checked by reviews from passengers. The most frightening experience I ever had in a vehicle was in a taxi cab taking me from the airport in San Antonio to my hotel. He was exceeding 90 mph, and driving recklessly, ignoring the turn signals of other drivers on the interstate. Where was your touted regulation then?

vannevar 14y ago
...I have yet to encounter, or hear of any news event in which Uber put people in a dangerous or even inconvenient situation. Not surprising, considering that Uber currently carries a tiny fraction of the traffic that the cab companies do. As the company scales, it's not hard to imagine that they will need to bear more responsibility for background checks on their drivers, and assume liability for damages those drivers may cause. Full-time drivers will begin battling one another for preferred territory, and Uber will have to mediate the conflicts. In short, Uber will start looking more and more like a traditional cab business, and less and less like a peer-to-peer matchmaking service.