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Uber Lowers Drunk Driving Arrests In San Francisco Dramatically

Posted by samzenpus on from the call-for-a-ride dept.

schwit1 writes: According to crime statistics from the San Francisco Police Department there were only two drunken driving arrests last New Year's Eve in San Francisco, the lowest since 2009. This news comes on the heels of a new study revealing that the introduction of UberX reduces drunk driving deaths across California. Temple University's Brad Greenwood and Sunil Wattal published a paper that shows cheap taxi-like options make it easier for people to make the safer decision to call for a ride rather than driving home themselves.

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  1. Taxis = artificial barriers to competition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Requiring taxis to have a "special" license to do something simple like driving others around is nothing more than an artificial barrier to competition.

    Of course, that's what governments do - sell out to lobbying interests. So the solution must be to give governments more money and more power....

  2. Insurance subsidy? by AntronArgaiv · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Insurance companies should see this as an opportunity to subsidise late night taxi rides for those who have been drinking. It would cost them far less than paying out on a death or inury claim due to a drunk driver.