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5 years with that number of drivers is a ton of data.

• alialkhatib 11y ago
  That's true, but it's dwarfed by the amount of data representing traditional cabs. If we're not just selecting for cases involving deaths, a string of cases implicating Uber drivers in violence against passengers[0,1,2] suggests - if nothing else - that the notion that Uber/Lyft drivers are qualitatively safer than taxis is false. And in the last case, it's clear that shortcomings in a system (namely, the thoroughness of background checks Uber runs) might have prevented such a turn of events. 0: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/UberX-Driver-Accused-of-Hitting-Passenger-with-Hammer-in-San-Francisco-277280041.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/UberX-Driver-Accused-of... 1: http://laist.com/2015/04/10/uber_driver_attack_van_nuys.php http://laist.com/2015/04/10/uber_driver_attack_van_nuys.php 2: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2014/06/03/uber-driver-with-felony-conviction-charged-with-battery-for-allegedly-hitting-passenger/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2014/06/03/uber-driver...
  • Lewton 11y ago
    3 cases of "uber"-violence does nothing to suggest "that the notion that Uber/Lyft drivers are qualitatively safer than taxis is false" without data from the dangers of riding normal cabs to compare it to.
    • alialkhatib 11y ago
      That's true. I think I just got annoyed at the emotional appeal of the Nash death and overreached. Sorry.
  • icebraining 11y ago
    The second was an attack by passengers against an Uber driver. What you can find multiple taxi drivers convicted of rape and kidnap just from the past couple of years.