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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a parent of teens and college age kids.  We use Uber on occasion to help with driving. Those of you who judge, what are you expecting working parents to do exactly??  Kids need to get to & from school, jobs and activities.  That means walking, metro and getting rides from us and sometimes Uber.  We don't have family or any other "village" to help with driving so we do use Uber Teen when needed.  With Uber Teen all the rides are tracked by us in real time, and we are typically on the phone with our kids too. 
Walk a mile in my shoes.  [/quote]

I’m not criticizing, but I do think that if you are not a frequent Uber rider yourself, you do not appreciate how every so often you get a really bad driver  - drives horribly, reeks of pot, acts strangely. You can minimize this by only chosing drivers rated above 4.95. Every driver I’ve ever had below 4.9 has something really wrong with them and/or their car. And for the girls especially, ensure they know how to be assertive and that they do not need to talk or answer questions, and that if they feel at ALL uncomfortable, end the ride. [/quote]

You don’t think the boy felt uncomfortable and wanted to end the ride? You think that the ride just automatically ends? [/quote]

Well the boy too of course, but as we know, women/girls are especially socialized to be “nice” and this can be taken advantage of.

To end the ride you tell the driver to let you out and end it on the app. If the child doesn’t know how to end the ride early, they shouldn’t be in the uber. [/quote]

End the ride on the highway or end the ride in bad neighborhood, end the ride in pitch black middle of the night??  Okay. 
You people are not rooted in reality, clearly have lived in an entitled bubble and have absolutely zero street smarts. Wow. And you are adults?! You are parents raising children?!  [/quote]

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