I don’t trust Uber here in the slightest. If you’re concerned about safety in transport I’d look into local community based programs that aren’t forming their entire basis for the program off of garbage AI face recognition.

Also, 99/100 of my last Uber drivers were men. Is it better standing on the street waiting for your ride for 20 minutes?

This just feels like a problem that doesn’t need its solution implemented by Uber. It feels like their just saying “yeah, we don’t verify our drivers. But, we’ll make you wait longer for one that has “F” on the license they gave us”.