Since almost all ride-share drivers have their phone mounted in the center of the dashboard pointed backwards, I wonder if Uber and Lyft should implement some kind of internal dash-cam using the...
Since almost all ride-share drivers have their phone mounted in the center of the dashboard pointed backwards, I wonder if Uber and Lyft should implement some kind of internal dash-cam using the front facing camera on smartphones. You could a upload low resolution, low framerate image stream to their servers where it'll be held for a period of time. That kind of surveillance might help more in countries with women's rights than this feature could in Saudi Arabia.
It wouldn't help too much at night (an audio stream would still be fine of course) but it seems to me like a useful safety feature. And stupid drivers who break the law while recording themselves could have the data subpoena'd for the rider's benefit.
Of course given that this is surveillance and will eat up bandwidth it should be optional.
Since almost all ride-share drivers have their phone mounted in the center of the dashboard pointed backwards, I wonder if Uber and Lyft should implement some kind of internal dash-cam using the front facing camera on smartphones. You could a upload low resolution, low framerate image stream to their servers where it'll be held for a period of time. That kind of surveillance might help more in countries with women's rights than this feature could in Saudi Arabia.
It wouldn't help too much at night (an audio stream would still be fine of course) but it seems to me like a useful safety feature. And stupid drivers who break the law while recording themselves could have the data subpoena'd for the rider's benefit.
Of course given that this is surveillance and will eat up bandwidth it should be optional.