# Professor Scott Galloway argues that Lyft's new standardized protocol for determining whether to ban drivers who may pose a safety threat to passengers is an effort to reduce costs and abdicate responsibility

1 Faculty News October 30, 2019 ![the-seattle-times_logo_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/the-seattle-times_logo_190x145.jpg?itok=wvVFcmnJ)>

Excerpt from [The Seattle Times](https://www.seattletimes.com/business/lyft-is-taking-the-human-judgment-out-of-some-safety-decisions/) -- “'Removing human nuance around something as sensitive around which drivers are barred or disbarred . . . is an effort to reduce costs and to abdicate responsibility,' said [Scott Galloway](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/scott-galloway), a professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business who has focused on the technology industry."

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