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Originally Posted by accord1999
And because of the very high turnover of drivers in Uber, you end up with primarily with drivers who have no experience before of driving people around. This is reflected in the California stats which show Uber and Lyft drivers getting into accidents at a rate of 3-6x higher than the general population.
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Would you mind posting the study for this claim? The one study I saw that showed was skewed somewhat significantly by incidents that I wouldn't really consider driving accidents including passengers opening up the door into traffic.
I don't doubt that Uber drivers experience more accidents, as they are driving in places they don't know, are likely using their phones a bit more than the average driver, are driving around drunk passengers, potentially doing so at off-hours while tired, etc. I just haven't seen a study suggesting they are getting into accidents at 6x the rate of the general population.