&gt; <i>they consider rape a cost of doing business, as they consider that rapid expansion to India was more important than doing background checks on drivers[3]</i><p>I didn&#x27;t follow that case closely, but according to that article that&#x27;s a pretty gross mischaracterization of what happened, since the driver had &quot;evaded Uber’s earlier security checks by providing a fake police reference letter.&quot;<p>You also imply a pretty explicit calculus (&quot;well, some rapes will happen, but it&#x27;s worth it&quot;) that I doubt occurred except in the sense that <i>any</i> taxi company would have to consider.<p>But maybe there&#x27;s a better source?<p>edit: not to take away from your other points. I&#x27;ve had extremely mixed feelings about uber due to those incidents and others, balanced by how completely awful cab companies tend to be and uber&#x27;s genuine good points.