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Being wrongly accused and not having proof to the contrary. With dashcam and two other hidden cameras and five audio pickups, I hope to have that resolved.
As a ride share driver, what is your worst nightmare?
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Frank Pressly (fpressly)
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Ride Apprentice from Greenville, SC
Video te ego audiam vos ego sentio tibi. - Cat herder - Uber/Lyft 3000 rides
I have been a ride share driver for almost three years. While I like the ride share concept, I truly hate it's implementation and the way Uber and Lyft have so little regard for their work force. I am for the little guy. I seek to right injustice and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. It's usually the ones you find hardest to love that need it the most. Please enjoy my opinion and if you like (or even if you just welcome the effort), an upvote is a digital pat on the back and is most appreciated. I invite you to read my other comments and upvote them as well. Thanks
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EjiEzeEze
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I'd love to roll as never picking up underage passengers EVER, but I highly suspect I have been driving them. If they have an Uber account, they are supposed to be 18. None of my business...right?
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A passenger over dosing or having a medical emergency while in my car. If Doing CPR or whatever to save them fails and they die anyway I would feel awful.
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Lol. Never thought about that particular thing happening until few nights ago. Thankfully it didnt happen while on ride it was a young girl in her own car. I was done driving for the night. It turned out well but was definately headed into an emergency situation or worse. If you want details check out Heroin epidemic. Should drivers carry narcan? in the forum. Would like it if you would leave your opinion on the situation posed. Looking to hear how other drivers feel. If you get time check it out. Thsnks
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This one, right here! I carry packages of crackers for people to munch on (I'm all about the 5 stars) But I NEVER carry the peanut butter ones. I'm worried someone will go into anaphalactic (sp?) shock in the back of my car and I'll have to rush them to the hospital!
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I'm not a rideshare driver. However I have had to refute on two occasions wrongful claims against drivers by other fellow riders. It's scary what a drunken entitled rider can do when intoxicated.
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Knife coming around the backseat on my throat, when I picture this I start driving a little faster...
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After reading some of the other comments involving death, I guess those would be bigger nightmares but the first thing that came to my mind was puke in the vents lol. I dont mind puke but in the vents scares me...
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Puke running down the window into door jam is also no fun. Although there is the black rubber that prevents most things from going down into the door puke isnt one of them. Had a rider few months back that decided if she rolled window down and puked it would all hit the road. Guess she never heard the song by Jim Croche Dont Mess Around with Jim or the saying "Dont Spit In The Wind". Needless to say it splatter all over the outside of the car and down into the door. I was able to pull most of the chunks out with my long tweezers I use to feed my water dragon. Lets just say poor Max wont eat off them anymore. She doesn't like chunky puke on her crickets and worms. I will say they were a Godsend as it saved me from having to pull door panel off.
RIDERS
1. If you must puke tell your driver to pull over.
2. Your driver may carry puke bags ask for one.
3. Oh and dont puke out the window while car is in motion.
4. Dont drink so much.
You can save yourself 200.00 and …
Puke running down the window into door jam is also no fun. Although there is the black rubber that prevents most things from going down into the door puke isnt one of them. Had a rider few months back that decided if she rolled window down and puked it would all hit the road. Guess she never heard the song by Jim Croche Dont Mess Around with Jim or the saying "Dont Spit In The Wind". Needless to say it splatter all over the outside of the car and down into the door. I was able to pull most of the chunks out with my long tweezers I use to feed my water dragon. Lets just say poor Max wont eat off them anymore. She doesn't like chunky puke on her crickets and worms. I will say they were a Godsend as it saved me from having to pull door panel off.
RIDERS
1. If you must puke tell your driver to pull over.
2. Your driver may carry puke bags ask for one.
3. Oh and dont puke out the window while car is in motion.
4. Dont drink so much.
You can save yourself 200.00 and embarrassment of it being posted all over Social Media (although I wouldnt do it and dont agree with it. Some drivers feel the need to do it)
It will also save your driver a lot of money, time, and aggravation
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I live and drIve in constant fear about lots of things.
- Wrongfully accuses of attacking or harassing my female or underaged passengers.
- Driving over a child...or anyone for that matter.
- Getting into an accident and being blamed and enduring a long court case, while I am not able to drive
- On a second thought, really wrongfully being accused of anything.
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Logic dictates that if he didn't assault the first few then he could have possibly assualted this one. *shrugs* I mean I guess its good to be proactive in your defence given the heightened parania but maybe he should roll with the I dont pick up ANY underage pax EVER. But hey I'm just a troll that drives around people.
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The problem is that we can’t always tell and we don’t wanna be in the business of checking every person’s ID
It’s not like I’m trying to drive underage people.
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I'd love to roll as never picking up underage passengers EVER, but I highly suspect I have been driving them. If they have an Uber account, they are supposed to be 18. None of my business...right?
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It's not like I am trying to drive underage people. They just ignore the rules and use Uber anyways. Sure, I guess I can be checking people's IDs but that's easier said than done. If the passenger is always on the car, that'd be the easiest way to get a negative rating.
I don't mean to use ignorance (of not kwowing the age) as an excuse, but how can I be at fault if it's those people breaking the rules and not me.
What's Uber's stance on this anyways? I am thining nothing.
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Think about how it looks in a court of law if you are in an accident with a minor. Their parents will sue you and if you have a home, they will own it by the time they are done. From a liability standpoint, you put yourself at risk.
What happens if some 16 year old girl gets in the car and lies to her parents that the Uber driver touched her? There is no way I would play dumb to underage drivers. Their parents would not think twice about suing you if something happened.
You have to protect yourself. No judge would ever accept the statement, “Well, how was I supposed to know she was under 18!”
A $5/$10 fare is not worth being held guilty when it comes to minors.
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Loosing my life trying to make an honest buck. This Uber shyt is getting outrageous and they are becoming a greedy ass blood sucking company. Too many bodies on their hands already.
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What about driving someone to a parking garage and months later you get sued because the girl committed suicide? Oh, wait...
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We are one of the best Dubai airport transfer firm . recently we had an fatal accident and was like an nightmare . but all gone well after some time
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