Waymo Is Coming to Seattle: What Riders Should Know Before the First Driverless Ride
Waymo has placed Seattle in its expansion plans. Here is what that means now, what a future rider can expect from pickup to drop-off, and what to do if a driverless trip does not go as planned.
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Taxi vs. Uber/Lyft Safety: Why There's No National Matchup
People routinely search for a simple answer to whether taxis or rideshare vehicles are safer. The federal data do not support a clean nationwide winner.
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Uber vs. Lyft Safety Reports: Why the Numbers Are Hard to Compare
Uber and Lyft both publish safety data, but the reports are not a scoreboard. Different reporting periods, definitions and disclosure practices make direct comparisons difficult.
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How Much Rideshare Assault Data Is Actually Public?
A 2026 Government Accountability Office report found that the United States still lacks a complete nationwide picture of assaults involving rideshare and taxi trips.
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Wenjian Zhuo: The Rideshare Driver Whose Own Dashcam Helped Convict Him
The same camera footage that helped show someone else loaded the cargo also preserved the conversation prosecutors used to argue that the driver deliberately avoided learning what he was carrying.
Read article ↗卓文建: 这名网约车司机的行车记录仪成了给他定罪的证据
行车记录仪既记录了别人装货的过程，也保存了检方后来用来证明“故意回避”的关键通话。
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If Your Rideshare Driver Causes an Accident in WA
When a rideshare driver causes a Washington collision, fault is only the start. App status, commercial coverage and the evidence of injury still control the claim.
Read article ↗Who Is Responsible When Your Uber Has No Human Driver?
Robotaxis change the cast of a crash case. The investigation can shift toward the automated-driving system, fleet operator, vehicle owner, maintenance records, platform and insurers.
Read article ↗10 Major Rideshare Verdicts & Settlements
Ten major Uber and Lyft cases, from jury verdicts to confidential settlements, show how rideshare injury claims and insurance disputes can play out very differently.
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5 Things to Never Say to a Washington Adjuster
What you say in the first days after a Washington collision can become part of the insurance record. Here are five phrases worth avoiding and better ways to respond.
Read article ↗Top 8 Most Dangerous Intersections in the Puget Sound
A data-backed look at eight intersections across the Puget Sound that keep appearing in crash studies, safety audits and redesign plans.
Read article ↗Seattle Uber Accident in Tunnel: What Actually Happened in the SR 99 Tunnel
A Prius rollover blocked the SR 99 tunnel, but the rideshare angle came from passengers leaving vehicles in the backup—not evidence that Uber caused the crash.
Read article ↗2 Uber Assault Trials, 2 Different Awards: $8.5M vs. $5000
Two 2026 federal bellwether trials both produced findings against Uber, but their damages awards were separated by almost $8.5 million.
Read article ↗The Issaquah Uber Driver Murder Case That Reached the Ninth Circuit
Cherno Ceesay’s family took a platform-safety case from summary judgment through the Ninth Circuit and a Supreme Court petition before a confidential settlement ended the litigation.
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Uber Was Found Negligent but Not Liable. How Can Both Be True?
A California jury found fault in Uber’s safety conduct but did not find the causal connection required for civil liability in that trial.
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What the Justice Department’s "Uber Pet" Lawsuit Alleges
A service animal is not an ordinary pet. The Justice Department’s federal lawsuit against Uber focuses on alleged ride denials and disability-access practices.
Read article ↗Rider Verification Finally Gave Drivers More Information; Now What?
Verified-rider badges reduce anonymity for drivers, but they are not criminal background checks and they do not guarantee a safe trip.
Read article ↗Are Uber and Lyft Background Checks the Same Everywhere?
Rideshare driver screening sits inside a patchwork of state and local requirements, so “background checked” does not mean the same process everywhere.
Read article ↗A Fake Uber Driver, a Real Assault, and the Question of Platform-Created Risk
A Ninth Circuit panel considered whether the design of an app-based pickup system can contribute to a foreseeable imposter-driver risk even when the attacker was not the assigned driver.
Read article ↗Does Rideshare Reduce Drunk Driving or Put More Cars Into Crash Zones?
Research can support both ideas: rideshare may reduce some alcohol-related deaths while high ride-hailing activity can also increase local vehicle exposure and injury-crash risk.
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