[seanmcdirmid]

True, but that is a good argument on why they should also stay out of Cleveland and Detroit. Some places just aren't safe, or less safe, and no matter how careful you are you'll have a > 0% incidence rate, even barring all those who have previously been convicted of a crime (because there are always scummy people who haven't been caught yet). Uber, or whoever else enters a developing country, can definitely do things to make things "safer" than the local standard, and I'm all for that.