[tuesdayrain]

But if the percentage is actually small then it doesn't happen a lot. Looking at the literal number of occurrences instead of the percentage just gives you a biased impression, because any number of assaults > 0 can seem like a lot.

[tzs]

For comparison, it looks like the probability of a random passenger on a 737 MAX dying in an MCAS related accident was about 10 times the probability that a random passenger would report a sexual assault on their Uber ride.

[samcheng]

They grounded the 737 MAXes because that probability of death was too high.

If the probability of assault in an Uber is within an order of magnitude, that suggests to me that it is reasonable to expect some additional scrutiny / regulation.

[nwah1]

Maybe there should be government cameras in all the vehicles, and other sensors that can detect what is going on and provide it all directly to the NSA.

[samcheng]

That seems a bit obscene! I'm sure there are much smaller / fairer measures that shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.