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Uber and other ride-sharing services save thousands of lives. Brad Polumbo reports. A slice:

A study by two economists at the University of California, Berkeley examined the impact that Uber, specifically, has had on alcohol-related traffic deaths (tử vong khi tham gia giao thông do rượu bia) and total traffic deaths in the US. They sought to investigate (điều tra) a simple question (câu hỏi đơn giản). By providing people with a safe (an toàn), convenient (tiện lợi), and relatively inexpensive (không đắt lắm) alternative means of transportation (phương tiện giao thông thay thế), would Uber reduce drunk driving (lái xe khi say rượu) and traffic deaths?

According to their findings, the answer is a resounding yes.

Uber has reduced alcohol-related traffic fatalities by 6.1 percent, the study finds, which equates to roughly 214 lives in 2019. Similarly, Uber reduced overall traffic deaths by 4 percent, likely by reducing other forms of dangerous driving such as driving while very tired. This equates to 494 lives saved in 2019. (And that’s just Uber: To understand the full life-saving impact of ride-sharing technology, we would have to factor in competitors like Lyft, too).