Uber reported 97 fatal car accidents and 107 total deaths in the U.S. alone over two years

I find it a bit shocking that Uber had so many total deaths and fatal car accidents in the U.S.. The author of the article below tries to put the numbers in context by explaining  "This means that the risk of dying in a motor vehicle accident as of 2018 with Uber is 0.57 deaths per 100 million miles driven, while the national risk is 1.13 deaths per 100 million miles driven." Still, I do not find this comforting! I suspect that even 0.57 deaths per 100 million miles driven is too high for a professional service. The last thing you wish to happen as an Uber customer is to be become a victim in a fatal crash. 

Are perhaps Uber customers too complacent or too afraid to flag bad drivers? Where these Uber drivers involved in fatal car accidents under influence of something?

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