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by dEnigma 4108 days ago
>The safety concerns are that working as an Uber driver on domestic car insurance invalidates the insurance, so if they do hit anyone they won't be able to pay for the damage and injuries.

Fair point, I was more thinking about accidents and assaults, not the aftermath.

>which is why there have been no car accidents at all involving licensed drivers since the introduction of the system!

I'm not saying that an accident isn't possible, just that it isn't much more likely than if you'd drive yourself or use an ordinary taxi service, especially since an Uber driver would probably get kicked out of the system if he didn't drive safely.