Why are the elderly so afraid of Uber/Lyft?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have an Uber Teen. They should make an Uber Senior. Huge market for care-giver drivers who speak loudly, help in and out of the car, know back entrances, and can explain to people exactly where they are with patience upon pick-up.

That would really be amazing.

[Anonymous]

OP described my mother.

She won't travel because she can't figure out how to get to the airport. We still have a taxi company in our town and she won't use them because they ask her what time she wants to be picked up and she wants THEM to tell her what time they need to leave to get to the airport at a certain time.

It's insane. My siblings and I have tried to tell her we'll take care of ordering the car, but there's also the "you're just kids" mentality. So the cabbie would be an expert she could trust over us. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uber's safety reports have cited thousands of reports of sexual violence and misconduct.

I am 36 and take cabs exclusively. Going somewhere with no cab option? Probably need to rent a car then anyway.

I’ve had uber/lyft drivers take me the wrong direction, ask invasive questions, have their child lock on (“I have grandchildren and forgot to turn it off”) so I’m trapped in the vehicle, was in an accident.

I’ve been using Curb or just saving a cab company’s number before I travel for about 5 years and have had no issues, better maintained vehicles, more timely trips because they can go by their own street knowledge rather than a gps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

And older people are more likely to be targets for crime and scams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My older mother doesn't want to be brought home to an empty house by a stranger. It makes her feel vulnerable.

I usually have them drop me a block away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

No, that isn't it. Stop with your ageism. If they travel,
they can use apps. There's been a lot of fake drivers, real drivers who are predators, con artists, etc. I know a lot of women, including young women who won't use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have an Uber Teen. They should make an Uber Senior. Huge market for care-giver drivers who speak loudly, help in and out of the car, know back entrances, and can explain to people exactly where they are with patience upon pick-up.

That would really be amazing.

Stop. How about an Uber Woman. It has nothing to do with old. Just stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

No, that isn't it. Stop with your ageism. If they travel,
they can use apps. There's been a lot of fake drivers, real drivers who are predators, con artists, etc. I know a lot of women, including young women who won't use it.

My dad is a little older (80s), but he travels and does not use apps. For a long time he used travel agents. Sometimes he gets a relative to book the travel for him and print the e ticket. On cruises, etc. he would take organized tours. My in laws (70s) use ipads for a lot of things (include playing games on apps) but do not seem comfortable with online purchases or anything like uber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

No, that isn't it. Stop with your ageism. If they travel,
they can use apps. There's been a lot of fake drivers, real drivers who are predators, con artists, etc. I know a lot of women, including young women who won't use it.

My dad is a little older (80s), but he travels and does not use apps. For a long time he used travel agents. Sometimes he gets a relative to book the travel for him and print the e ticket. On cruises, etc. he would take organized tours. My in laws (70s) use ipads for a lot of things (include playing games on apps) but do not seem comfortable with online purchases or anything like uber.

Same with my parents and in laws all in their 70s. It is very common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m on a travel FB group and there are always older people asking how to get from A to B, and whenever Uber is proposed, they have 100,000,001 reasons why they won’t work for them, but they would be open to taking a cab.

One is currently asking if she should RENT A WHOLE CAR to drive from the airport to the cruise port, all in the same morning. Someone suggested Uber and they said no.

Why? And it can’t simply be that they are “scared of change”, can it?

You seem, frankly, pretty dimwitted. Just read through some of the very basic responses. People are reasonably concerned about safety, about lack of understanding about the logistics and basics of new technologies, and know that they are targets. You are not smarter than your elders, they are just at a different stage of life, and maybe you should think a bit before your condescending comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

No, that isn't it. Stop with your ageism. If they travel,
they can use apps. There's been a lot of fake drivers, real drivers who are predators, con artists, etc. I know a lot of women, including young women who won't use it.

It's not ageism. It's reality. My parents can't figure out apps so they refuse to use Uber. The VAST majority of older people can't figure the app out.

[Anonymous]

Because older people are more frail and more attractive to criminals. Same with women. So when you are an older woman you really have to be careful.

I went to the Amtrak station in my hometown to ask about transportation recs for that very reason. The staff did not recommend Uber for me at night in that particular crime ridden area.

That's why we are more interested in cans or a limo service or basically anything bonded, not a random on an app. If there was no other choice, I would use Uber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My older mother doesn't want to be brought home to an empty house by a stranger. It makes her feel vulnerable.

This implies that she DOES know every single cab driver well and none are strangers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use an app, and most older people don't know how to.

No, that isn't it. Stop with your ageism. If they travel,
they can use apps. There's been a lot of fake drivers, real drivers who are predators, con artists, etc. I know a lot of women, including young women who won't use it.

I can assure you my mother can not figure out the app. Is it because of age? Partially. And also lack of experience. I am 100 percent sure she and the rest of the world would be better off if she took them. They should have taken away her license years ago, but it is very hard to force that.

[Anonymous]

I don't know whawt you mean by older- I am 50 and take Ubers a ton - but it IS against what was drilled into us as children, the concept of getting into a car with a stranger. And because things DO happen, it makes sense that people would be wary