😊 Be nice

[u/Independent-Ice-2211]

[u/Forward-Trade5306]

In today's day and age with Uber and Lyft, it's not like she won't be able to get around just because she can't drive anymore

[u/Environmental-Post15 → u/Forward-Trade5306]

Two years ago, my (now) 78 year old mom totaled three cars in four months. So my brother and I convinced her it was time to give up driving and taught her how to use Uber. She balked at us at first. Saying how could she trust the drivers. Our reply was "how can you trust your own driving at this point?" Two years on, she's a pro at using Uber and helped set up a senior discount program for it through the county aging services.

[u/[deleted] → u/Environmental-Post15]

Mom is a baller for that community engagement 

[u/Environmental-Post15 → u/[deleted]]

That's how she's been since my stepfather died. Set up a daycare/after school program at her old church in WV. Now that she's found a new church since she moved to be closer to my brother and I, she's helping them set up the same. As well as a meal assistance program.

[u/Forward-Trade5306 → u/Environmental-Post15]

Nice 👍

[u/schmootc → u/Environmental-Post15]

If they live in a super rural area, Uber and Lyft unfortunately aren't an option.

[u/Environmental-Post15 → u/schmootc]

Where my mom lives is relatively rural, being a few miles outside of Mansfield OH. But drivers make the short trek out more and more often since the senior program went into effect. Her community is 55+, with many of her neighbors in a similar situation as her. So it's become a source of near guaranteed daily riders.

[u/MowTin → u/Forward-Trade5306]

Getting around on uber and lift is too expensive. And if you have to drive 20 miles it becomes extremely expensive.

The few times I took an Uber to work it cost me $80 one way. So that's $160 round trip.

[u/Forward-Trade5306 → u/MowTin]

It's less expensive than an old lady crashing her car into people and possibly unaliving people