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		hackuser on May 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber faces criminal probe over software used to ev... > when I first started using Uber, most of the drivers were college educated millennials driving a brand new Toyota Prius To pick on one point, I don't see educated people or millennials as likely to be better drivers.

gaius on May 7, 2017 [–]

I don't see educated people or millennials as likely to be better drivers

Maybe not, but they are people who have options, and if they pick "driving for Uber" as their best option, we can assume that the conditions are pretty good, vs people for whom this is the only "job" they can get.

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