07-20-2015, 12:20 PM
(07-20-2015, 11:37 AM)nms Wrote: On the subject of the potential for an unpleasant one way or another, what's to stop a passenger from doing something to the driver?
Nothing. What's to stop them from doing the same to a taxi driver? In fact it happens. Taxi drivers get robbed for their money. (In Uber's case that motive is less likely because all transactions are by credit card.)
Quote:What's to stop someone from having a fake/duplicate account?
In the case of drivers, presumably the driver's license and insurance which are difficult to fake/duplicate.
In the case of riders, the credit card which presumably has to be in the name of the account holder.
But these are all potential problems. Let's see what sort of problems actually develop with Uber before we "fix" "problems" that may prove unlikely to arise.
Here's another situation: Uber settles wrongful death lawsuit in San Francisco crash
Quote:Ride service Uber has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 6-year-old girl who died in a San Francisco car accident, according to court filings.
The girl, Sofia Liu, died after she, her younger brother and their mother were hit by a car in a San Francisco cross-walk on New Year's Eve in 2013. At the time of the crash, the driver was logged on to the Uber X smartphone app and was available to provide rides, the lawsuit said.
As I understand it the Uber driver wasn't actually driving an Uber passenger. He was simply logged in to the app. What's interesting is that nevertheless Uber settled, i.e. their insurance seems to have covered him.