Uber Adding Feature to Let Drivers Provide More Rider Feedback

[Bigsk8r]

I’ll give you extra points for an effective use of the non sequitur.

This has noting to do with privacy, or lack thereof. It has to do with safety. Would you get on an airliner if you knew the pilots had fewer than 10 hours of uninterrupted rest before their duty day began? The answer is No, you wouldn’t, because duty days and rest periods are federally regulated. Additionally random drug and alcohol testing is the norm. And in the corporate aviation world, there are companies like Argus and Wyvern that keep track of pilot incidents, accidents, and violations - and passengers can specifically request pilots with clean records.

And it’s not just the USA on this one - with few exceptions, professional pilots cannot fly into Canada if they have a DUI or drug conviction on their record.

So with all of that in mind, are all of these safety protections a violation of my privacy?

I get on airliners every other month without knowing what the pilot did 10 minutes before the flight, much less 10 hours. It seems like your core issue is that you just don't trust Uber and other rideshares as they are. Don't use them. Problem solved.
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Hardly. Uber knows who I am whereas I have no idea who you are; although I can run your tag before you pick me up, in theory at least. Actually, sounds like a good idea for an app - KnowUrDriver that lets you run a tag and get info on the driver.

While I agree to disagree on the other points, this one truly confuses me. Why do you feel entitled to more information about the driver than the driver gets about you? For all we know, you could be an axe murderer using us to go from one location to the next, or plug in a remote address and make us victim number 11...

As long as my background check is in good order and I am not driving on a sketchy license, that's all you need to know. I'm the one taking all the risk with my livelihood, my car, and my reputation.

You can act like a jackwad all night and all I can do is leave a 1 star update and two sentences about why. Hardly a risky or harmful thing to you.

 

[jlc1978]

I get on airliners every other month without knowing what the pilot did 10 minutes before the flight, much less 10 hours. It seems like your core issue is that you just don't trust Uber and other rideshares as they are. Don't use them. Problem solved.

Except airliners have multiple crew members who can, and have, reported pilots who seem unfit to fly; and some rather strict, ongoing oversight from the FAA concerning health and fitness of duty. Uber got one driver that passed one background check who knows when.

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While I agree to disagree on the other points,

Fair enough.

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this one truly confuses me. Why do you feel entitled to more information about the driver than the driver gets about you?

Asymmetry of information. I do not know anything about the driver other than what Uber did some background check and have no idea when or if they regularly update it; or even if the driver that picks me up is really the one who signed up for Uber or some friend of the driver who decided to makes a few bucks. I don't know if the driver has commercial liability insurance in a sufficient quantity to cover liability or is using their private insurance and Uber's umbrella; which Uber may decide isn't covering the driver for whatever reason and leave a passenger with no recourse i the event of an accident.

Case in point is the Uber driver in Michigan that went on a shooting spree while picking up riders.

Uber, OTOH, knows where I live and has my CC information so tehy know exactly who is getting into the car.

 

[Bigsk8r]

Asymmetry of information. I do not know anything about the driver other than what Uber did some background check and have no idea when or if they regularly update it; or even if the driver that picks me up is really the one who signed up for Uber or some friend of the driver who decided to makes a few bucks. I don't know if the driver has commercial liability insurance in a sufficient quantity to cover liability or is using their private insurance and Uber's umbrella; which Uber may decide isn't covering the driver for whatever reason and leave a passenger with no recourse i the event of an accident.

Case in point is the Uber driver in Michigan that went on a shooting spree while picking up riders.

Uber, OTOH, knows where I live and has my CC information so tehy know exactly who is getting into the car.

- They know who is in the car as well. I periodically have to take a selfie with their app to be loaded into the database and "checked" to ensure I am really the one logged in and in the car at that moment.

- Drivers are required to provide their declaration of coverage to Uber (and the others). Besides, if this is a big enough concern, don't ride.

- The shooter scenario is hardly worth discussing. No level of background check ever found anything on him. Not even the investigation later. Sometimes people snap, and no amount of security is going to help.