Please assure me I won't get killed using uber

[otowngirl]

You won't get killed. We use Uber all the time!

[boxertdog]

I'm just as paranoid as you are. I've only used über w my husband there. Newp.

[ijack]

In my area it's much cheaper than a cab and much easier/quciker to find an uber driver. I haven't died yet.

[hopecounts]

You will be fine!
Uber is great and the cost is reasonable.

[Serenity9]

I've used it at least once a week for more than a year, and I'm not dead.

It's cheaper than a cab. And more convenient.

[lintscreen]

You won't, it awesome! I hesitated using it at first but now I love it. In my area, it a lot cheaper and more convenient than cabs.

[janegold]

Cheaper than a cab, very easy. Even though everyone around here uses it, I actually don't usually use UberX (the regular cars) unless I'm with my H; here we have the option to choose cabs or livery cars through Uber, too, so I use those when I'm on my own. You'll be fine together.

[Booze Raccoon]

Your wont get killed by your uber driver as long as you can outrun your husband!

[FastHands]

You can text us a picture of the uber driver's account thinger before you get in, so if you die we know where to send the cops. At least if you die, you will be avenged!

[Lucy Honeychurch]

We use it all the time. It's easy.

[jlt19]

I was paranoid just a few short weeks ago. I used it 10ish times in SF over the weekend and it was AMAZING. Our flight got in at 1am and we waited 4 minutes. We left our hotel at 5:30am to catch our flight and we waited less than 1 minute (oops, that was lyft-but he drove for uber too, we just had a coupon code!). I love that you see their faces, car, and license plate on the app before they pick you up. Made me feel SO much safer.

ETA: If uber says there's a surge, check lyft too. Our ride to the airport on uber was going to be $50 b/c of surge, but it was only $30 on lyft.

[MrsPotatohead]

I use it all the time by myself, although I'm not taking it at 1am blackout drunk alone (I don't think I'd be comfortable doing it in that situation TBH). It's so much cheaper than a cab and really fast. We also have uber carpool now, which is even better most of the time.

[jlt19]

May 25, 2016 15:36:08 GMT -5 @licia said:

I love Uber, *and* you get a $15 credit for signing up. If one of you already has an account, use their account referral code and they'll get $10, you'll get $15.

I think as long as you aren't using it during peak time, the rates are really fair. We used it extensively for my birthday trip, because everybody in this bitch was indeed getting tipsy. You can also see a fare estimate, and shuffle through drivers to one with a good rating. The app is user friendly.

Mine's $20 PM me if you want the code

[adhdfashion]

I have used Uber 3 times, last time we spent the weekend in Seattle. I am still alive.

[kevin arnold]

You probably won't get killed using Uber.

[Deleted]

@tambcat, I take my kid in Uber all the time AND I use it as a woman traveling alone, late at night, in large cities. You will be just fine.  

[Deleted]

It's more work to kill 2 people than 1. You'll be fine.

[redredwine]

I took my first Uber in MALAYSIA from my friends house to the airport - about 45 minutes. You think I was nervous?! I totally was. But they were like "oh, everyone uses it here", so I did it.
It was SO EASY, I felt safe, I was hooked. I took it all over Asia and now I'v used it at home, too. My parents and I went to Seattle last weekend and traffic there is AWFUL so we parked at the hotel then took Uber EVERYWHERE. They are also hooked.

I think it's safer than cabs, etc. because there's such a trail of info, you have the driver's license #, photo, you can follow the routes on the map as you drive, etc.

I heart Uber.

[amberlyrose]

It's usually $4.50 one way for me to get to work and parking is around $16, so I always take Uber. I love it. I've been using uberx the whole time and have never felt threatened or in danger.

[ECB]

May 25, 2016 15:33:26 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

  because he doesn't want to be DD.  (  hello, it's MY birthday.)  

A- you'll be fine. We use it all the time.  It's so easy.

B- do you really want to be drinking alone on your b-day??  I'd be thrilled if DH wanted to spring for an Uber/cab so he could join me!

[frkls]

getting killed by an uber hardly ever happens

[W.T.Faulkner]

I have been drunk so many times in an Uber I should get some kind of award.

[redredwine]

May 25, 2016 16:12:36 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

May 25, 2016 16:07:58 GMT -5 ECB said:

A- you'll be fine. We use it all the time.  It's so easy.

B- do you really want to be drinking alone on your b-day??  I'd be thrilled if DH wanted to spring for an Uber/cab so he could join me!

It's true it would be more fun if we were both drinking. I mean, he could have a beer and still drive, but of course that's not the same. I just stress over money a lot. Also please note that he recently brushed off my complaint about having to abstain for 9 months if we have another kid with the comment "you have your whole life to drink!" yet he scoffed at my suggestion that he could also abstain if it was so easy to do. lol

They're often cheaper than cabs and certainly alot cheaper than a DUI/accident/worse!

[nahoku]

May 25, 2016 16:09:23 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

I have been drunk so many times in an Uber I should get some kind of award.

I don't always uber, but when I do I am super, super drunk.

[panicfoot]

I love it. Take it all the time.

I *do* take a taser and mace but I've never had to use them!

[TrudyCampbell]

Omg, stop. You'll be fiiiiiiine! Go, get drunk, and pay someone else to drive you home! It's the only way to live.

[yaga]

I'm generally pretty cheap so I use the subways almost always. I use uber the later it is and the drunker I am (and if I'm alone because there is nothing worse than having to walk over a mile home at 3 am because you slept through your stop). So my very scientific case study tells me it's safe.

[yaga]

May 25, 2016 16:42:55 GMT -5 @licia said:

My first experience with Uber was my husband showing up in the driveway in an Uber car an hour late from work, Don-Draper-drunk from his company Christmas party.

Having dealt with my very drunk, very sweaty, Christmas-suited husband, who eventually passed out mid-sentence on the couch, I know for a fact that Uber driver did not make enough that night. Not even close.

My point is - Uber is great for the fish of the world.

My H once told me the car he was in was getting pulled over. It wasn't. To this day I still don't understand, but he was just that drunk. Who knows what else he said or did on the way home. That poor driver.

[RoxMonster]

We used Lyft once or twice in Vegas, which is the same gist, and everything was fine. It was easy, the drivers were really friendly, and it was basically free due to discount codes/free rides we got for signing up (we basically just paid a tip both times but nothing for the fare).

I'm a nervous, at times paranoid, person, but I honestly wasn't too worried about this and everything turned out great. Do it! We plan to use Uber in town this summer for nights when we go to an outdoor concert and both want to drink liberally.

[eb777888]

Haha!! We take it alllll the time. Faster and cheaper than a cab.