Except that A LOT of people are already paying for the “safety” features like lane departure warnings and etc that adds more than $1000 to the cars as a option.

I actually had a very similar situation one time. Turns out it wasn’t actually an attempted carjacking though but a dumb fool who thought I was his Uber.

The example is a bit extreme, but let’s not pretend people don’t get carjacked already today, and that’s with a vehicle they can drive off in.

Because no one ever robs convenience stores, right? Turn your phone off and wear a mask/nondescript clothing, all those sensors are pretty much useless for identification purposes.

Uber is not “subsidizing” it’s drivers - let’s make that clear. If anything drivers are the ones subsidizing Uber since they provide the vehicle and bear the cost of phone bills, insurance, maintenance, gas, and depreciation. Uber has essentially no overhead to pay except for its legislative legal agenda. The…