I think that apart the "less drunk drivers", "entrepreneurs", and all that fandom talk, Uber went ahead to bump heads with one of the most "exclusive" professions (taxi drivers are the favorite voters for any government), and managed to carve out a portion of their business, out-of-nowhere.
It's like, me starting a soft-drink company and, take on Coca & Pepsi and carve out 10% of their sales globally within 5 years.
They, of course, achieved this "by hook or by crook" but hey you need a ruthless team to succeed this.
Business-wise, a job well done.
Sexism, rape, stealing, avoiding taxes, etc... a big fat NO - thou shall not pass.
Closest aggregator of data I found seems to have a very anti-ride-sharing view ("We are an initiative of the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association"), but here it is nonetheless: http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents
This case had an even worse history than I thought though:
Uber had investigated the complaint, obtained her medical records and speculated that she made up the claims to hurt the firm's business.
So Uber also steal peoples medical records, and only fired the guy who instigated that after it became a news story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40196055
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/25/boston-uber-dri...
http://nypost.com/2017/05/10/uber-driver-accused-of-kidnappi...
This has a list of sexual assaults (both Uber & Lyft): http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents#sexualassa...