This is a prominent Twitter activist in the disability community.
Uber, of course, will hide behind their stance that drivers are contractors. They will deny liability for their drivers’ illegal activity. People wonder why I haven’t been pushing for Uber approval where I live… they accuse me of ableism because I don’t need the service. The truth is Uber itself is ableist. I want a system that is regulated, where when drivers are found to be violating the law, the companies are responsible for that behavior. In fact, Uber’s cited reasons for being reluctant to move into this market? Too many rules. Fuck no. I don’t want to dismantle a system of protection so an SV fucker can pocket another billion.
But 4x in one week is fucking well a pattern. People report in the comments how fucking common this is.
