Why are the elderly so afraid of Uber/Lyft?
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Anonymous
What if you go somewhere with no subway and no friends? |
Anonymous
| My parents are in their early-mid 80s and use Uber all the time. |
Anonymous
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I’m not elderly but am hesitant to sign up for Uber due to safety concerns. There are rogue drivers out there taking advantage. Just one example:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJRDxHq7_kk The college student in SC who was raped and murdered by fake driver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Samantha_Josephson |
Anonymous
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Stubborn refusal to adopt tech.
My DH is a boomer and I'm X, and he %$#@ing will not put Uber on his phone. It's because he has only like two apps (BOA and something weather-related), and he refuses to use any more than that. He's just being a Luddite. Whenever we need it, I have to order the Uber. We were just traveling in the UK and when I ordered one to go to Heathrow he was standing on the curb and said "How do you know they will know to come?" Irritated as all hell I showed him the app that showed the car a block away driving toward us. He was amazed. I might as well have shown him the Holy Grail. When it cost half of what the cab (he had insisted on) from the airport had cost, he still wasn't convinced. It's very irritating. He has other qualities to make up for this, though. |
Anonymous
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Are you a white man, OP?
Because every woman has reservations about ride share too. |
Anonymous
| Taxis still exist. |
Anonymous
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They are getting into a stranger’s car.
They like to drink and drive. |
Anonymous
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Taxis are no better. How do you know the driver is the tight one?
My reservation came with covid. I got used to not being in close spaces with strangers. I use Metro or walk. |
Anonymous
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Is there any consolidated database of abuses, rapes, murders, theft, harassment by taxi drivers nationwide?
I suspect not. So nothing yo compare the rideshare data with. I think taxis are scarier. |
Anonymous
| Dislike of apps and random, unregulated strangers. |
Anonymous
| They’re cheap and don’t want to pay. Would rather inconvenience family. |
Anonymous
| I refuse to use cabs. Sooo many sketchy stories from my 20s in DC. Cab drivers really took advantage of us, especially when we were drunk. I remember they’d switch us into other cabs to go across the border to va. They’d refuse our service if they didn’t like where we were going. They’d refuse credit card, which was a big one for me. Work would only reimburse if I used my work credit card, so I’d get stuck with the full bill due to these scammy cabs. They wouldn’t turn on ac even when it was sweltering so they could save money. I was even abandoned once in the middle of no where. Man I hated dc taxis. |
Anonymous
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Most probably aren't afraid of it, if they use taxis.
It's just the inconvenience of the app crap and setting up accounts and all. If you could just call for a ride and pay cash, they'd use it more, as would more younger people. |
Anonymous
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Some of us, we are now in our 30s, or 40s, or 50s.
One day in the future. 30 years from now. When we are in our 70s, or 80s, or 90s. 30 years from now, there might be some new technology that we are not used to. That we might be reluctant to use. Because it's new to us. Because we might need time to think about it first. Maybe someone will be kind and explain it to us. Maybe someone will respect us if we do not want to use the new technology. |
Anonymous
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Previous poster.
Math did not really add upp in my post above, but I hope you understand my meaning. All the best. |