I apologize to every Uber rider who was told by me that this tutorial would be ready "in a few weeks!" We finally sent our proposal to Uber on Halloween (no irony intended;-) and I have been able at last to focus on this website, to which I will continue to add functional links over time.

These photos were part of my original survey to understand the functionality of child safety locks, but I was unsure if I could use many of them because the stamped sheet metal instructions below them were so illegible. It finally occurred to me that this difficulty in reading these instructions was exactly the thing I wanted to train particularly women who ride alone in Ubers at night to do! I can only promise that if you work through the photographs below, the actual instructions in real life should appear to be clear as day, as long as you get close enough to read them on the actual rear doors of Ubers, using your phone's flashlight to illuminate the area around the child safety lock of the door you are about to enter after sundown.

One more thing I should apologize for is the "sales-pitchy" descriptions that exist in white text on some of the photos. We are obviously not selling anything to Uber riders, but a tremendous amount of thought has gone into this project, and I guess I wanted folks to realize that we've thought about pretty much everything! I will probably be enlisting the help of women's groups like NOW and MADD to pressure Uber into accepting our proposal for protecting single female riders at night, so it really would help if everyone who reads this has some understanding of how our UBER LIGHTBOX system - with its tamper-proof informational decals - actually functions.

There is at least one example of all seven basic child safety lock types shown here, with some mockup decals designed to appear somewhat realistically in relation to the actual rear doors of various automobiles. However, most of the decals are simply there for guidance about what to look for if Uber does accept our patent-pending proposal. The real decals would be printed on custom proprietary security paper to prevent counterfeiting, designed with embedded particles that respond to a bright cell phone flashlight in close proximity to the decal. None of these decal mockups show the X-shaped "kiss-cut" which the decal manufacturer uses to make them impossible to reposition without fragmenting the decal.

Thanks to all for your interest in this system to enhance the safety and security of single female riders at night, and especially for the contributions which several extremely observant women in particular have made to this project so that everyone can stay safe!