&gt; The majority of the public (at least in the US) of a legal driving age possess a drivers license. Even persons without a drivers license are generally familiar enough with cars&#x2F;vehicles to make a baseline assumption about the safety of the vehicle and&#x2F;or driver. I&#x27;m not saying you can 100% accurately judge this, but that overall most people can make an informed decision about the risk they are undertaking with a ride-sharing service like Uber.<p>And yet people worry a lot about things that are much less dangerous than driving or getting a lift. I don&#x27;t know how you&#x27;re defining &quot;informed&quot;, but the decisions people make about driving certainly aren&#x27;t reasonable or rational in an objective sense.