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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),2021,4966CompetitiveSafetyinUberversustheTaxiIndustry*ThomasTackerEmbry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractIcompareandcontrastincentives,procedures,andoutcomesforsafetyatUberandotherridesharecompanieswiththealternativesattraditionaltaxicompanies.Ianalyzedissimilaritiesinlightofinstitutionaldifferencesinthenatureofcompetitionorlackthereofinthetwoindustries.ThoughmanystudieshaveconsideredsomeaspectofUbersimpactonsafety,thispaperismorecomprehensive,coveringbothdriverandpassengersafetyfrommultipleanglesaswellasbroaderimpactsonsocietyssafety,suchasdrunkdrivingandUberambulances.”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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