Uber Report 2018

[Mayhem]

Uber is a supposed to be a convenient, inexpensive and safe? taxi service. They've just released some statistics for 2018 - which are pretty disturbing.

In total, 9 people were murdered, 58 were killed in crashes, and 3,045 were sexually-assaulted (up from 2,936 in 2017).

Murder victims included drivers, passengers and third parties. Sexual assaults affected both Uber riders and drivers at similar rates, but 92% of rape victims were riders.

I'm not sure how these numbers compare to a regular taxi service, but I am surprised that Uber would even release this information ...

[Squid]

Not a ringing endorsement, that's for sure, but I'm sure the stats for taxis are similar.  There's a lot of sickness out there.

[Mayhem]

I can't find any recent stats, but here is what I found for 2014 :

Deaths based on negligence or assault
Deaths Attributed to Uber and Lyft Drivers: 67
Deaths Attributed to Taxi drivers: 9
Deaths Attributed to Bus drivers:  12
Deaths Attributed to rail travel providers: 3

Assaults of a non-sexual nature
Assaults attributed to Uber and Lyft drivers: 127
Assaults attributed to Taxi drivers: 14
Assaults attributed to bus drivers: 6
Assaults attributed to rail travel providers: 4

Sexual Assaults
Sexual Assaults attributed to Uber and Lyft drivers: 482
Sexual Assaults attributed to Taxi drivers: 14
Sexual Assaults attributed to bus drivers: 0
Sexual Assaults attributed to rail travel providers: 0

[Squid]

Wow, results are a tad skewed. 

[snowflower]

OMG

[smokyrain]

Wow that's not very encouraging at all. I have never took an Uber, and can't remember the last time I took a taxi.

[Mayhem]

It sure isn't!

The last time I took a Taxi was in 2017. I was surprised it cost almost $15 for an 8 minute ride. Before that, it had to of been 20+ years since I've been in one. The last time I took a transit bus it cost $1.25 and I could ride for as long as I wanted.