As Uber pushes ahead with its robotaxi expansion, the company has poured millions into a ballot initiative that may restrict crash victims’ access to lawyers.
The article is disappointingly short; but I can picture why that would seem nice to Uber. It could lead to a scenario where lawyers don’t want to bother taking on crash suits since they don’t offer much return. With fewer crash suits and more victims paying for the crash out of pocket, Uber is less likely to pay liability (for instance, forcing drivers to rush to meet pickups/dropoffs)
That is a possible thread of logic; but I am curious what further data would suggest as an outcome.
The data suggesting an outcome is the fact that Uber is pouring millions of dollars into this campaign. That’s a sizable and somewhat risky investment (because it could go nowhere) so it needs an equally sizable ROI for them.
Ambulance chaser lawyers are some of the worst, but I’m not holding my breath that Uber is here to save the day out of the kindness of their hearts.
The article is disappointingly short; but I can picture why that would seem nice to Uber. It could lead to a scenario where lawyers don’t want to bother taking on crash suits since they don’t offer much return. With fewer crash suits and more victims paying for the crash out of pocket, Uber is less likely to pay liability (for instance, forcing drivers to rush to meet pickups/dropoffs)
That is a possible thread of logic; but I am curious what further data would suggest as an outcome.
The data suggesting an outcome is the fact that Uber is pouring millions of dollars into this campaign. That’s a sizable and somewhat risky investment (because it could go nowhere) so it needs an equally sizable ROI for them.
Ambulance chaser lawyers are some of the worst, but I’m not holding my breath that Uber is here to save the day out of the kindness of their hearts.