It doesn't matter what I think or would do. I'm just telling you that as a matter of fact, they use Ubers even when free rides are offered or available.

The players use Uber on a near daily basis. They might not be paid, but they definitely seem to have the funds to use Uber instead of the buses.

The road they crashed on is fairly wide with a realtively low speed limit of 40mph. Hate to say it, but 2:45am coming out of downtown Athens shortly after bars closing is not a good sign. I drove one of the other players back to the dorm last night, so I wager they were downtown celebrating.

Edit: Accident happened on an incline and tire skid marks look to be around 50ft in length before it hit the curb hard enough to make contact with the metal rim and tear a chunk out. I believe they were going quite fast.