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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great AMA!  I have never used Uber or Lyft.  But next year, my 14 year old son will be in a high school in Northern VA (Herndon/Reston area) without busing. I was looking at Uber or Lyft for backup/emergency transportation only. Is this a bad idea for this age?  Safe?  Will anyone even pick him up at a HS and that far into Fairfax County? Any advice on how to make this as safe as possible for him?  FWIW, he is 5'9' and looks a year or two older than he actually is. [/quote]

I'd do it without a second thought, and it's totally safe.  You'd be surprised at how many high-schoolers in Northern VA ride uber twice a day, every day...mom & dad both gotta work.  Uber has Fairfax County covered thoroughly.  The total DC coverage area is HUGE nowadays, here's the map: https://www.uber.com/cities/washington-DC/

You can do it two ways: 
1) Let your son run the uber app on his smartphone with an account under your info and he can work it himself.  If you can trust him to not joyride all over Fairfax, this would be my preference.  Giving kids some real responsibilities but simple as not fucking up is good for building a little character and independence...time to spread those wings, lol.
2) If you insist, you or dad can run the app to request rides for him so you can keep on eye on his trip.  You've gotta be on-point about getting him the details of the ride or else he'll be in the dark.  Texting your son a screenshot of the driver details, the car, and the license plate would make it easy.  Hint: Use dad's account so the names involved will be masculine and he just assumes the name of Larlo Sr, and the driver will never know the difference.

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