As an experienced Uber driver, I am totally committed to the enhanced safety of all Uber riders - especially single female riders at night - but this project to involve Uber in the quick and accurate identification of the status of child safety locks has of necessity become more of an evolution than a revolution.

This is the page you should bookmark or save on your phone's home screen if you wish to be informed of future developments for our UBER "LIGHTBOX" system, which we finally presented to Uber, including the tamper-proof informational decals that I may have showed you which could eventually be applied just above the child safety locks in all Uber vehicles, but progress may appear to be slow in coming. I can only request your understanding for this delay, particularly regarding the arrival of the SurveyMonkey module!

Here is the link to a tutorial so that you can learn how to relatively easily interpret the status of all existing child safety locks (regardless of Uber's decision and especially if you ride alone at night), simply by flagging down your driver with your phone's flashlight, which you should wave from side to side as the vehicle approaches to get the driver's attention, and then continuing to shine your flashlight on the stamped lettering or symbols in the sheet metal just below the child safety lock, on the edge of the rear door you are about to enter....to closely confirm - you really have to be within 6" or 7" to read the stamped metal - that it is unlocked or OFF.

And remember, no matter which door you get in the car, always strap into the seatbelt directly behind the driver (and remember which door's child lock is disengaged or OFF, so that you could exit that door in a crisis) when you are riding alone at night - or anytime when the circumstances make you feel vulnerable - so that you can protect your phone, which you should always have open in the Uber app to the ACTUAL trackable-if-activated Uber 911 button (a data-driven alarm one click in from the Uber "911 ASSISTANCE" button in the Blue Shield/Safety Toolkit folder), just in case you need a police cruiser or two! (NOTE: It's OK to click on the "911 ASSISTANCE" button once....TRY IT, because you won't call the police until you do it from the next screen!) Uber does a good job of screening its drivers, and we're not trying to scare anyone, but pretending that even extremely rare problems don't exist doesn't make them disappear - often with extremely dire consquences if you ignore the threat - and it's just smart to get in the habit of maximizing your safety!

NOTE: btw, the above two paragraphs represent sound advice for women when being taken out on your first real date - like in his car - even though it's a disgrace on the male sex to have to frame it in those terms! (I'm half-kidding about this, though if and when I talk with Uber's CEO, I'm going to suggest that he develop a subscription app which offers women a trackable 911 assistance button when they're NOT using the Uber app!) In any case, the great thing about sitting directly behind the driver is that men behave better when they risk being strangled from behind! (With an indestructible string of pearls, for example;-)