Maybe Uber should be responsible for background checks of their drivers and hold them accountable for their actions and be able to fire them for misconduct. But that might require hiring drivers as actual employees. And then Uber could issue company vehicles.
Oh wait, I'm describing taxi companies that already existed before Uber.
The fact that we allow Uber/Lyft to operate as a way to skirt regulations that were put in place to keep people safe, and then trust Uber will implement work around solutions like this is ridiculous.
What about the current capitalism system makes you think anyone at that level is capable of thinking about long term stability over short term benefits?
Polio, measles, mumps, rubella, etc. All the stuff we haven't had to worry about that are apparently coming back now that vaccination rates are dropping.
Cyberpunk dystopia without the cool neon aesthetics.