"People don't know what they're getting into when they get into one of these cars, they don't know what they're getting into when they download the app," said lawyer Chris Dolan of Dolan Law Firm, who is representing a 6-year-old girl struck and killed by an Uber driver earlier this year.
"They're giving Uber a free pass -- up to death."Dolan claims Uber's terms and conditions are a way for the company to absolve itself of any liability in cases of injury or accident and to avoid responsibility for a driver's actions.
"It completely covers their ass and says 'We're not responsible for anything that happens to you, period,'" Dolan said. "It says, 'You can be raped, you can be killed, you can be murdered, and it's not our responsibility.
'"Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has heralded the service as being ultrasafe. "Safety is No. 1 at Uber...so we make sure the system is in place so riders get the safest ride possible," Kalanick told CNNMoney in June. "With that said, Uber is in the limelight. When things happen, if there's claims of any kind in any city in any car, we take those claims very seriously."Dolan believes Uber's statements on safety contradict its terms and conditions. "It's an outright deception on people," Dolan said. "They do not in any way seek to warrant that their product is safe. They put it right there in the writing." C/Net