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I don't disagree -- in fact, intuitively I'd imagine that Uber drivers reduce the risk to their passengers by displacing more dangerous drivers and reducing the
by thesteamboat 12y ago
I don't disagree -- in fact, intuitively I'd imagine that Uber drivers reduce the risk to their passengers by displacing more dangerous drivers and reducing the number of vehicles on the road.
But my comment was really responding to SamReidHughes dismissal of the notion that there could possibly be any question of safety involved in these matters.
- blueskin_ 12y ago>I'd imagine that Uber drivers reduce the risk to their passengers by displacing more dangerous drivers and reducing the number of vehicles on the road. Sounds most likely to me. Someone who drives 100k miles/year will on average by a safer driver than someone who drives 10k, both due to a wider experience base and by being far less likely to do something to jeopardise their license/insurance and hence their livelihood.
- wpietri 12y agoOver time, sure, but the outliers could be worse. Per Dunning Kruger, people who are bad at something often don't know that they're bad. If you take a bad driver who's desperate for extra cash and set them up with Uber, they might drive a lot of risky miles before their bad driving catches up with them in the form of a suspended license.