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It seems very difficult to conclude that Uber and Lyft are responsible for reducing DUIs from that graph. * There's already a downward trend well before Uber a
by jxf 12y ago
It seems very difficult to conclude that Uber and Lyft are responsible for reducing DUIs from that graph.
* There's already a downward trend well before Uber and Lyft come into play.
* Even if the downward trend is stronger more recently, Waze also came into existence a few years ago. Maybe people were, e.g., downloading Waze and using it to find police cars beforehand.
* The graph measures arrests, not incidents. So it could be that, for instance, police are getting laxer about DUI enforcement, rather than that people are driving drunk less.
In short, there's too many confounding factors here to conclude that Lyft and Uber should get credit.
- jessaustin 12y agoSo it could be that, for instance, police are getting laxer about DUI enforcement, rather than that people are driving drunk less. This may be true somewhere, but not anywhere that federal anti-DUI funds are tied to purchase of new vehicles and equipment. In those places, i.e. most of the nation, there is no laxity, even though there certainly should be.