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Fall 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 3

Competitive Safety in Uber versus the Taxi Industry*

Thomas Tacker, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(3),2021,49–66CompetitiveSafetyinUberversustheTaxiIndustry*ThomasTackerEmbry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractIcompareandcontrastincentives,procedures,andoutcomesforsafetyatUberandotherridesharecompanieswiththealternativesattraditionaltaxicompanies.Ianalyzedissimilaritiesinlightofinstitutionaldifferencesinthenatureofcompetitionorlackthereofinthetwoindustries.ThoughmanystudieshaveconsideredsomeaspectofUber’simpactonsafety,thispaperismorecomprehensive,coveringbothdriverandpassengersafetyfrommultipleanglesaswellasbroaderimpactsonsociety’ssafety,suchasdrunkdrivingand“Uberambulances.”Ialsoaddresswhetherhistoricaltaxiregulationpromotedsafetyorwasmerelydesignedtosuppresscompetition.______________________________________________________JELCodes:R41,K2,D8Keywords:Uber,ridesharing,taxis,privatesafetyregulation,drunkdriving,occupationalhomicideI.Introduction:DrivingaTaxiIsMurderTaxicabdriversandchauffeurshavethehighesthomiciderateofanyoccupation:17.9fatalitiesper100,000workers,orthirty-sixtimestheriskofallemployedindividuals.Thisgroupcomprises0.2percentofemployedworkersintheUnitedStates,butaccountsforabout7percentofwork-relatedhomicides.—SygnaturandToscano(2000)Theabovemurderratefrom1998wasfourtimesthatofpoliceofficers.Andyet,itunderstatestherisktotaxidrivers.TheauthorspointoutthatdrivingataxiisfarmoredangerousthanthesenumberssuggestbecausetheBureauofLaborStatistics(BLS)datalumpcabdriversandchauffeurstogether,butitisonlytaxidriverswhoareingreatdangerfrompickingupstrangersoffthestreet(SygnaturandToscano2000).Thesefiguresmaybemorethantwodecadesold,butdatafromsubsequentyears,aswellasthelatest*Thisarticleisadaptedfrommy2019book,RethinkingConsumerProtection:EscapingDeathbyRegulation.

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Title	Competitive Safety in Uber versus the Taxi Industry*
Authors/Creators:	Thomas Tacker, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	3
Pages:	49 - 66
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Uber, ridesharing, taxis, private safety regulation, drunk driving, occupational homicide

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Tacker, Thomas / 2021. "Competitive Safety in Uber versus the Taxi Industry." The Journal of Private Enterprise*, 36(3): 49-66.