When a Traffic Ticket Costs $13,000

[Dorian Gray]

25. She couldn't afford to pay the original ticket of $150.00

The price of Uber depends on where you are going and how long you will be in the car. If I take Uber x (the cheaper non car pooling version) in NYC from my home to my daughter's school, which is 2 miles away, it costs about $9.00 each way. That would be $18.00 a day. $4,680 a year (if I took the uber 2 times a day for 260 days a year. I didn't include weekends and took out a few extra days for good measure.) She also had to run deliveries as a part of her job. So jumping into an uber one more time a day... at $9.00 per trip (which is a very lowball amount), would up that to $6,900 per year.

If the amount is any higher, which it probably would be in suburbia where there aren't as many cars or as many uber x vs. uber black options, you're looking at potentially $20 - $30 per ride. Or more. (Some people drive an hour to work each way, or more) In NYC to go from our home to the Upper East Side (where my husband works) would be about $30 each way in an uber X. Twice a day, that would be $15,600 per year. Add deliveries throughout the day via uber, and you're looking at over $20,000 per year.



In NYC, we have the luxury of the subway, of course. So that is completely unnecessary. But "Just taking a taxi" or "just taking an uber" isn't an option for people who are struggling financially.

It's a tone-deaf suggestion.

I'm sorry people are making fun of you for it. That's not cool. But uber isn't a good answer for someone who is struggling financially, as the woman in the OP was. And in three years, she could spend a ton of money on rides.