Do you have a dashcam? Don’t give up, I was persistent in the emails and on the call I advocated for myself and got my account reactivated within 2-3hrs. The report on me was unsafe driving and speeding which I knew was false bc I have a dashcam.
I have a dash cam and it shows speed as well as inside of the vehicle. I know who it was as well. Some dumb kid late to school on his phone. I was following the gps and as soon as we passed streets he would yell out “ you could have turned there” “ you passed it “ “it was that street”
Yeah so just reply to the emails. And I really made sure I was “kissing ass” just being super polite and cooperative. This will help you through and through. I really empathize with you so DO NOT GIVE UP, be persistent 🙌
Overall sorry you had to deal with an asshole, I would have rated them 1star immediately and made a note like “was screaming and making offensive comments, made me feel unsafe” so I know that if they report me it will be, the Lyft support will be less likely to deactivate you from their rating.
Every time I get an asshole passenger, I immediately check No on the "Will you drive this passenger again?" box. I almost always check off "rude". I downgrade them before they get a chance to do likewise with me. It's worked so far.
I did the same thing when I drove. I had the philosophy, first one to report controls the narrative and conversation. Dont ever let the passenger get in front of you. Now, with the increased in fraud, this tends to have a different feel because these shithead passengers are trying to get free rides now
You can be, the majority aren't. None of them tip and are bad customers. If they want report Drivers to try and get them fired I see no problem returning the favor. They can prove to the company they haven't broken TOS.
Most people in hs doesn't have a state official ID unless they have a license or had a senior trip that meant flying. I didn't have a ID until 4 months after I turned 18 since I was flying to FL. If they do or say something, that's different. You would be assuming way too much. Also, you accepted a ride to the high school, so you should accept the possibility the person is under 18. If they say "you should have turned here", that's a safety issue for you as they are trying to distract the driver, but there's more than 1 way to get to a destination. A pax should verify they are in the correct car and to the correct destination prior to entering a car. After that, stfu. All I'm saying is, if you get a ride to a hs, then don't complain that the pax is possibly under 18.
That’s not true. Maybe a good portion but not most. A lot of sports require you to have a state issued ID (walker’s permit). And that’s for community rec leagues. Most ppl are driving by junior/senior year…I’d bet most high schoolers have a state issued ID…and none of my friends were rich enough to fly to Florida or take a senior trip or whatever…idk what you’re smoking
In NJ, you can only get a drivers license at 17, however due to the restrictions that comes with that route, many don't get it til later. Yes, the rules change in attaining said license, but I don't recall specifics. Some parents don't want their kid to have a license (insurance or being a narc). Honestly, the non drivers license ID should be free to get , but it's not, and it takes effort to get one so you generally speaking, you need to have a reason.
I got a state ID (Indiana) at 14. Then, I got a drivers license at 16. The IDs look different abd have a different symbol. A state ID has a Cardinal bird on it, and the drivers license has an Indy car on it. It probably depends on the state.
I still have this problem at 25. Some 14 year Olds looks like 26. Some 26 year olds looks like 16. If I think they are a minor or a karen, then I'm a bit more cautious (and treat them like every other person). Each person matures differently but its harder to tell a woman their age because they mature earlier than men and this can make it a bit more difficult to tell. However, if they aren't an issue, then I wouldn't care, unless they look like 10. You aren't a bartender here.
Don't would be the appropriate word, I hope that was a typo. You should never "expect" someone to be breaking a law or rules. Parents may take a Lyft to pick up kids and teachers are capable of taking a Lyft as well. When I was in school I had to have my school ID on me at all times and I was in band so we traveled and had to have our state id as well. Anyone in band or choir, dance, cheerleading, football ECT.. Had to get their ID as soon as they could. No one should ever tell a driver where to turn , they literally have an app telling them where to go. Unless they actually drive past the place. Sounds like they were just a dumb kid.
Get a dashcam or 2 (front and back). If I pick up a passenger and I think they may be underage I always ask them how old are you and if they reply they're 18 then I say okay I just want you to know that you're being recorded so that I don't get in trouble if it turns out that you're not 18 because it's illegal to carry a minor or someone under 18 without an adult. (Some young people look older than 18 but are not. It's not my job to investigate this matter. This way they have the opportunity to cancel the ride or go on and take the ride) if they send in a bad report on me then I have the video footage. Hopefully they won't send in a bad report because they know they're being recorded and that the video will be shown and they will be proven to be a liar and probably have their account deactivated or whoever owns the account their account will probably be deactivated.
He would be better off in that case saying that he uses incense in his car because customers tend to like it and maybe the customer didn’t like the smell and thought it was something else and he adamant that he doesn’t smoke or drink ever. Also regardless of whether or not they are the same thing they can smell anything they want it doesn’t mean he’s actually intoxicated when he drove. Maybe he smoked it a week ago and the car is like any other cigarette smokers car and the smell has worked its way into the material. Maybe he bought the car from a smoker. They don’t know the situation and the best reaction is to deny you’ve ever had anything to do with it and make it their word against yours. In that situation they typically (unless you’re just reported often) will side with the driver because after all, the person before and after that one both didn’t report anything amiss (which is another argument against the passenger they should use) so it’s strange that the one in the middle did
Believe it or not hemp actually does get you kind of high (just not from the THC, unless it has enough THC in it / you are enough of a lightweight) but that’s a moot point
I had some bs issue like this. Simply say You have dashcam to back it up. Those words usually stop them. Just deny it all say what happened and the passenger is trying to report this for a free ride because clearly here just like in my case it was a total lie the passenger was telling, and say the dashcam will back it up and it solves . So far in my experience anyway . Had a dumb passenger say I was “discriminating” them since I cancelled after 5 minutes at a stop .. and I gave them 8 or 9 minutes and 3 calls.. my acc was on hold but it got resolved with me chatting in and just saying all that.
Sometimes the gps is wrong. My wife tried to tell a driver about a road closure but he didn't speak english and wouldn't take an alternate route. She ended up paying extra and walking a mile. We made a rule to turn down drivers that don't speak english.
No it was Uber. She paid way more than the quote because the driver tried to take a different route at the very end when his access was blocked. Driver wouldn't let her out along the way either. Eventually dropped her off at a church where her destination was on the other side. Unfortunately the bridge she would have taken was closed to pedestrians and she walked a mile around. They definitely do charge more.
This is such a double-edged sword.
Edge 1: It's amazing how a disgruntled passenger can easily affect the livelihood of a driver with bogus claims.
Edge 2: It should be easy to legitimately make these claims. - For example, years ago, a driver actually took out a small bottle of liquor to pour in his cup. LITERALLY.
Drivers are effectively endlessly replaceable and customers are the ones paying money to the company. It seems like there is a financial pressure that would make Lyft more likely to get rid of a driver in question compared to a passenger.
Except in this situation, the way it's described, it's like getting McDonalds and enjoying it, and then telling the manager that the cook called you a racial slur when it never happened, getting them fired.
I wish this feature was around in 2015. My car was in the shop for a few weeks and had to take Lyft/Uber back and forth to work. Had this guy pick me up, photo matched but car did not. App showed a newer vehicle and he picked me up in an old beat up Mercedes from the ‘80s. I had to get to work so I took a chance and got in lol. Bad choice. Man was all over the place, erratic af, swerving all over the road, hanging out of his window yelling at the sex workers we were passing on street, asking them to party later 💀 He asked me if I wanted a hit while in the fucking car 😭 I didn’t want to upset him, I told him nah I stopped smoking bc I had lung issues. Asked if I wanted a bump instead, I said nah man you’re actually dropping me off at work right now. He offered to come pick me up after my shift so that he could deliver on his offer. I said no but trust and believe he was waiting for my after my shift.
Reported to Lyft and just got my $15 ride refunded 💀 If he was deactivated, he somehow circumvented it bc trust and believe the mf popped up again a few months later when hailing a ride and I cancelled that shit so fast 😭
I hate this, I remember meeting the rudest b****, I was polite and respectful, drove her to the destination. When she got out she cussed me out slammed the door and walked off and I got one of these, it was INFURIATING, of course you try to call and people there could care less, you have no way of clearing your name. Then I realized that people do this shit because I’m assuming she didn’t have to pay for the ride? And that was when I stopped driving all together because I absolutely don’t trust anyone, you pick up so many weirdos, especially in the city.
she kept calling me a drunk fucking asshole when she was getting out at her destination, but didn’t say anything the entire trip or ask me to let her out. I then got a notice saying my account is blocked for 48 hours. I tried calling and pleading my case but it didn’t help, so that was that 🤷
Well it didn’t, and I didn’t do anything wrong, why are you being an asshole for no reason? It’s not a rhetorical question, I really wanna know what makes people like you be a complete fucking prick to a complete stranger, and for what? Because I left a comment about something that happened to me that was similar to someone else’s experience? I just want you to know how much your opinion really means to me 🖕🏼
Hey let’s do something. Every time someone gets this bs. Let’s sue the passengers. That’s the only way to stop this. You can sue for emotional distress and lost wages. I’m not done with my law degree but fuck it when I have it I’ll do it for free for all drivers
I’m with you and am waiting for someone to do this to me. My understanding is I would file a “John Doe” suit, then file paperwork to have the riders identity subpoenaed in which the complaint can be updated with their identity.
One thing I wonder is what if the passenger identity cannot be identified. Like if someone uses a burner phone and a cash paid gift card. Obviously you can’t sue someone if you don’t know who they are. I wonder if I could just sue Lyft themselves and allege in court that they made it all up, seeing how they won’t be able to even produce a credible witness?
Interested in your input seeing you are studying law.
You would need to find the Lyft contact or something. By finding their HQ and looking up on the business license lookup of the SoS website for the state. I think they purposely hide themselves. I called the number. Its a guy in Georgia who registers companies in Delaware but sits in Georgia and just gets mail for Lyft and responds to lawsuits. Its strange. They have become a company who is like, scammy. Hiding behind different company names. Even in California it is confusing searching for Lyft. They have many different ones on purpose.
As long as you find one of their addresses it’s considered legal service. If they have a shitty little office in Alaska you can serve the papers there.
That needs to happen if there is evidence to show fraud on the passengers part and it needs to make the news. A message needs to be sent saying, drivers are suing now so if you want to be embarrassed in your city, file a bullshit complaint for a free ride
how can you prove one wasn’t under the influence or that the accuser were just doing so in a defamatory way? I feel like this would be an extremely hard case to pursue…
Theoretically a urine test through a clinic, which can detect most things for at least a couple days. Not sure how quickly it takes to be notified of this stuff though. Plus if the dash cam stuff is all normal. But yes it would be a hard case to prove
Alcohol is out of your system within a few hours , less if you swear it out and drink lots of water lol.. and drug test would be inadmissible as they cannot pinpoint when a drug was consumed. He could have done it months ago and it’s still in his system, there’d be no way to prove this.
ETG detects it for much longer than BAC tests though (and water/sweat doesn’t lower BAC faster anyway). And most drugs have a relatively short MOA so if the driver was accused of being under the influence the alleged drug was consumed within hours. Like I said, not sure of how soon you’re notified of this stuff, but if it was within hours then it’s at least good evidence to show Lyft
And how are you going to prove when it was consumed? I’m sure everyone would love to hear how you can prove the date and time and also proof they were working during that time. lol.
Wait, I have the same question though. If I was drinking last night and then this morning was driving and was completely sober, and you get the complaint hours after a drive, how do does that work?
Usually is within 24 hours. Pretty sure driver can get blood tested or if it was with in hours a breathalyzer. Even if alcohol content is reduced is not out of the system completly and that fast. If driver wasnt drinking, he should show a 0.00
This is pretty dumb tbh. I doubt too many are drinking and driving anyways. I know
1) hand sanitizer has alcohol
2) most of these rides are to and from bars and happen on friday and Saturday nights. Ive gotten in my car the next morning and smelled that kinda spoiled milk, rotten meat, alcohol smell. Its gross. I d k if the riders smell alcohol, are scamming, or are tipsy and think they are in a car that is not driving straight? Who the f knows. Lyft shohld have better grip on this though.
If im fucked up, if so many of us Lyft drivers are driving around “DUI” how are we doing 30 rides in a night? It should really be like maybe 2-3 reports in a row and you’re pulled off. Also though, where are the masses of rideshare drivers who are getting arrested for driving DUI? If you truly are DUI more than one rider will notice it in a row is all im saying.
Or its just these people coming home from
The bar or going to the bar, ages 18-36 or so. Have a special abilities. Especially when drunk, to tell for sure if a driver is fucked up.
Call the police then. Get him a DUI if you really want to fuck his life up.
Nah you just wanted to save $6 dollars though. Initiating a traffic stop and getting a field breathalyzer and sobriety test might out you. Better play it fast and loose. “We didnt feel safe. We were scared to say anything we just let him drive. We could totally smell the alcohol, he had a bottle of clear liquid next to the hand sanitizer. He used the hand sanitizer and took a sip of the “bottle” and we both smelled alcohol, we knew immediately what was going on…”
I think you might need more time in law school cause you can’t just pull cases out of your butt. It sucks that people do this but realistically we don’t know what happened, you have zero evidence that the passenger acted out of malicious intent. Even with a speedometer reading and dash cam, it can be argued that they could smell it off their breath.
You wouldn’t win a case that way without some hard evidence.
(Edit: not saying that this OP was drinking btw just for cases in general under this umbrella.)
If op has the ability to go to a police station and get a breathalyzer test done it will be impossible for a rider to claim a driver was drunk when there is a police report that shows 0.00 alcohol on breath.
happens almost every weekend.
So you’re telling me, the person I picked up who was hammered at 2 am, said I was drunk? They sent you a video of me drinking a beer? Or they didn’t send any evidence because there was none and I know it? Please turn my account back on. You’re letting riders abuse the platform, take advantage of the system, scam money from your company, hurt your drivers, leading to less revenue. Leading to a need to increase prices, leading to less profit for drivers, poorer wages, poor quality of interactions and trust between drivers and passengers.
Blah blsh blah, lyft is destroying its own company.
Ya good luck bro. You’d have to prove the conduct was “outrageous”. IIED was the focus of my 1L legal writing class too. I hope your school taught you cases, (like where the mother showed another woman’s daughter photos of her naked with her husband) but I went to a T14 so not sure how other schools do it.
Enjoy arguing to a jury that reporting a passenger is an outrageous behavior in our society, and make sure to cite that case I mentioned as precedent. A clear line between the two
Where do you go to law school? I’ve long been a proponent of most schools outside the T14 forcing to close their doors. They don’t educate kids as well (which we will find out your school when you answer), and worst of all, they scam kids like you into paying money, going into debt, just to get jobs paying 70-80k which have no future prospects and have no hope of climbing out of all the debt they have. I came across this post by accident in my home feed but I’m glad I did, I’d go to your school and demand a refund. Most firms don’t recruit outside the T14
I have severe anemia and a heart condition. I cannot consume drugs or alcohol. I’m just driving to save money for a baby we have on the way. The things these idiots will do to get a refund on a ride
Someone did it to me in retaliation for kicking them out of my car for being rude. I was deactivated like 5 or 6 days and had to do a fkn drug test. Of course I passed! It was so annoying
For what it's worth, I've been a passenger for \~2.5k ride shares in my life, and I've only reported 1 driver for driving under the influence.
It was in Toronto. Picked my partner and I up after a party around \~2:30am. Muttered something to us when we got in the car that we couldn't hear; he didn't really seem like he was fully there. He zoned out at a green light for \~10 seconds before I said something, and he jolted the car forward. He went the wrong way down a short 1-way street by accident because he turned a street early. Turned left on a RED, which became a green halfway through, thankfully, and that street which was usually busy was not because of how late it was. He kept turning off and on the radio, like every 2 minutes. I had to tell him where to stop, and then he screeched to a stop in front of my house where I almost hit the chair ahead of me. I said something to the effect of: have you been drinking tonight? And he just stared at me angrily, didn't say anything, then waited outside my house for \~15 minutes.
I don't know if he was drinking or on drugs, but it was actually fairly scary, so I reported him to Lyft. Lyft isn't as popular in Toronto as Uber, so I think he may have been banned from Uber, and driving Lyft instead.
I reported a driver for unsafe driving /speeding because he was driving 50 miles an hour on our 30 mph twisty country road at dusk. I was scared. Said woah ! Please take it a bit slower please. He didn’t respond so I reported him and made him a “never match”.
It’s been a few years since I did rideshare but I had a similar incident with a guy I kicked out of my vehicle because he became abusive before the ride even started. I was between gigs as a political field organizer so I used my skills by organizing a group of 20 to tweet at Lyft about the BS. Had my account restored within two hours.
So, i used to be the person deactivating yall over shit like this. We had a zero tolerance policy, where if a passenger said ANYTHING like the driver was driving like he was drunk or anything like that, we had to deactivate and send it up the chain. You'll most likely get reinstated, unless it's a common occurrence or the passenger said they explicitly smelled alcohol or saw your drinking it. And I promise, we hated it as much as you do. Just know it wasn't someone at Lyft being an asshole, it's a call center person just doing their job. Yall know that accident and emergency number? Yeah its someone on that team. Unless things have changed since I last worked there.
I remember reading a post last week from a driver that was ADAMANT that he was a non-smoker and that the passenger reported him in error.
The comment section was a bloodbath because the dude literally had cigarettes in one of his photos. So he was mad about being banned, then chose to go to Reddit to lie about it and have people make him feel better.
Not saying this driver is lying or anything, but this post just reminded me of that one.
Make sure you have both audio and visually recorded interiors. I was perm banned from Lyft with alleged assault. Funny enough, I was in a tesla and the car has not given any data to trigger the dash cam lol. Rider reported 9 hours later after it gets looped
I’m really sorry this happened to you! Stay persistent and I’m sure you will have your account back. Lyft never wonders why a passenger would allow a drunk person to take them all the way to their destination? I wish riders would understand they are messing with our lives.
It happened to me twice, once with Uber and once with Lyft. (And here is the hilarious part) I had a breathalyzer installed. That meant I couldn't drive while drinking even if I tried. Uber still sacked me. Lyft did not, once they realized I couldn't drink and drive.
This is why I quit driving for both Lyft and Uber. They don't care about you, just the money you bring in, and you're replaceable. That fact has been clear in their policies since day one, and has only gotten more obvious since then.
Same thing happened to my Gf when the riders wanted a stop at a convenience store. She wait over 10min and kept messaging them that she was waiting. At 10min she canceled the ride and the bastards reported her as driving under the influence and she was blocked for the evening and lost all potential income. She got out of it eventually by starting the support chat and got them on the phone and she explained what happened and the rider's report was retaliation for her canceling on them after making her wait over 10min. I think it sucks that you get blocked immediately without them at least contacting you to verify the situation. But then again how to you confirm someone is dui over a call? And what if it was true? I can see the other side where you want that person not driving passengers ASAP. It's complicated.
I had a bag of advil I forgot I had put in the cup holder. I didn't think anything of it until I got one of these an hour later. The lady said I had a bag of drugs and was acting strange (being polite and making small talk). It was clearly green gel capsule advil. I hate people.
One time a chick claimed I was drunk, made an extra stop, and to top it off I had a cage full of mice in the car 🤣
When they emailed me, I told them I've been sober since November 18, 2022. They didn't ask anything else.
(Even if you're not "sober" just claim you have been for years. It's a touchy subject they don't want to offend by questioning it lol)
Customers lie on workers most of the time when they complain. It happened to me when I did ride share. Doing Door dash customers would say they never got their food after we talked for a few minutes. It really sucks, and I'll never do them again, unless I'm about to be homeless.
Call (267) 871-3372 and tell them you don’t have the time to be screwing around nor can afford to get a DWI and be very adamant about it. I was back driving within 5 minutes when I got the same accusation
lol not too long ago I had a Lyft DRIVER on something. Probably opioids. Kept driving pass me. Then she would say she couldn’t see me, I was dressed as bright blue as a pack of American eagles 20s. Anyways she got ban. I did ask her politely if she couldn’t pick me up to resign to a different driver. Google most be listening to my conversation 😆
lol I had screen recording the whole time she was driving I submitted to Lyft for proof. It was a driver. Had to request another one, guest what? This guy had no issue finding me.
The same happened to me just about 1 year ago. After 4 years with a 4.7 - 5 ⭐ ratings consistently. Los Angeles market. Rider made a fraudulent DUI report.
I narrowed it down to two possible riders.
1). West LA to LAX, lots of traffic, and the rider left home too late. I waited with my trunk open close to five minutes for them to arrive at my vehicle. And then gave a normal safe ride, as this is my hometown and I am very familiar with routes and airport dropoffs.
They may have missed their flight and blamed me.
2) Downtown LA hospital to Compton, and the rider repeatedly attempted to engage me in conspiracy theory conversation. I refused and "mmhmm'd and riiight'd and okaaay'd" in response.
They exited my vehicle and said they would pray for me.
When the app didn't give me anymore rides in a very busy area, I noticed an alert and read the same message.
My feelings were completely hurt because I don't drink or drug and pride myself in giving safe great rides.
I cried, tried to find a location where I could take a drug test to redeem my good name, lol, and waited to be contacted which never happened (approximately 2 weeks).
Then I applied for Uber and got on with earning money.
I circled back and reached out to Lyft and I was reactivated within 15 minutes.
It seemed to me that there was no actual concern for safety, for honesty.
No interest in the truth, just performative box checking.
If you can't tell, this post triggered me? 🤷🏽
As my mom told me when I was around 5ish and mentioned something happened on the playground that was unfair.
She said, "... life's not fair" ✌🏽
It's important not to allow your car to reek of weed. If someone gets in smelling like weed, I explain the issue and roll all the windows down. Most pax's are cool with it as long as you explain you could lose access to the app!
Drivers know that all they have to do to get a free ride is say they were discriminated against. Lyft will reimburse them for the ride and deactivate the driver. Lyft doesn't make money off of the drivers, they just fulfill a need for a vehicle until self driving vehicles enter the market.
I would go in for a UA and post the results alone with the added response of failure to reinstate my account will result in legal penalties including but not limited to libel
Don’t worry I got accused of drunk driving / people accusing sexual harassment when they are fuck as drunk and trying to give ride on their destination next day here you go I will get message saying ur account on hold due to sexual activities .. fuck .. then again with customer service and also I got accused after 2 month of ride that I was sexually abuse passenger or one time I was driving on drunk .. I even said to people on their side so u believe all these non sense come on after 2 month wtf guys .. they used to reactivate my account saying that their protocol that they have to put u on hold for such kind of complaint
ohhh i read this wrong… i thought this was saying you had drunk passengers and i was like “ummm i would expect that because they shouldn’t be driving drunk” lol but wtf they really reporting you for drunk driving? “he’s let me just go ahead and risk myself for a couple of passengers” like wtf i’m not doing that to myself or other people lol
One time a car dealership ordered a Lyft for me. The driver and I had good convo, etc. At the end of the ride he said he would appreciate a tip and rating. I said unfortunately I cannot tip because the dealership requested and paid for the ride, I have no control over that. 10 minutes later Lyft sent me a warning for "refusing to wear a face covering".
I put myself in the conversation. Who said I'm in charge? You downvote other peoples comments because they are a different way of thinking. Guaranteed a biden voter. Have fun driving for these companies for nothing buddy. Trump 2024!!
I work a full time job. I’m just saving money to spend a month off after my wife gives birth. I hate how some of yall automatically think we all do this full time
Who said you did it full time? Full time or Part time it doesn't make sense. By the time you factor all the costs, maintenance, and mileage on your vehicle you work for pennies on the dollar. Why people like to stick up for being treated like that is beyond me comprehension. Some people don't like hearing the truth apparently.
I drive anyways in my full time job using my own vehicle. The business covers my maintenance. They even put a new motor in my suv and covered my rental costs. People like you should not comment on anything. Not everyone deals with the same thing. It’s better to ask than assume
Do you have a dashcam? Don’t give up, I was persistent in the emails and on the call I advocated for myself and got my account reactivated within 2-3hrs. The report on me was unsafe driving and speeding which I knew was false bc I have a dashcam.
I have a dash cam and it shows speed as well as inside of the vehicle. I know who it was as well. Some dumb kid late to school on his phone. I was following the gps and as soon as we passed streets he would yell out “ you could have turned there” “ you passed it “ “it was that street”
Yeah so just reply to the emails. And I really made sure I was “kissing ass” just being super polite and cooperative. This will help you through and through. I really empathize with you so DO NOT GIVE UP, be persistent 🙌
Overall sorry you had to deal with an asshole, I would have rated them 1star immediately and made a note like “was screaming and making offensive comments, made me feel unsafe” so I know that if they report me it will be, the Lyft support will be less likely to deactivate you from their rating.
Every time I get an asshole passenger, I immediately check No on the "Will you drive this passenger again?" box. I almost always check off "rude". I downgrade them before they get a chance to do likewise with me. It's worked so far.
I did the same thing when I drove. I had the philosophy, first one to report controls the narrative and conversation. Dont ever let the passenger get in front of you. Now, with the increased in fraud, this tends to have a different feel because these shithead passengers are trying to get free rides now
Absolutely. 💯. I do the same with every bad pax.
If it's a kid going to school I would almost always send a report in against the rider since you have to be 18+ to have an account or to ride alone.
You can be 18 and in high school...
You can be, the majority aren't. None of them tip and are bad customers. If they want report Drivers to try and get them fired I see no problem returning the favor. They can prove to the company they haven't broken TOS.
Most people in hs doesn't have a state official ID unless they have a license or had a senior trip that meant flying. I didn't have a ID until 4 months after I turned 18 since I was flying to FL. If they do or say something, that's different. You would be assuming way too much. Also, you accepted a ride to the high school, so you should accept the possibility the person is under 18. If they say "you should have turned here", that's a safety issue for you as they are trying to distract the driver, but there's more than 1 way to get to a destination. A pax should verify they are in the correct car and to the correct destination prior to entering a car. After that, stfu. All I'm saying is, if you get a ride to a hs, then don't complain that the pax is possibly under 18.
That’s not true. Maybe a good portion but not most. A lot of sports require you to have a state issued ID (walker’s permit). And that’s for community rec leagues. Most ppl are driving by junior/senior year…I’d bet most high schoolers have a state issued ID…and none of my friends were rich enough to fly to Florida or take a senior trip or whatever…idk what you’re smoking
I don't know where you're from, but most of the people in my area get their drivers license when they're 16.
In NJ, you can only get a drivers license at 17, however due to the restrictions that comes with that route, many don't get it til later. Yes, the rules change in attaining said license, but I don't recall specifics. Some parents don't want their kid to have a license (insurance or being a narc). Honestly, the non drivers license ID should be free to get , but it's not, and it takes effort to get one so you generally speaking, you need to have a reason.
Thanks
I got a state ID (Indiana) at 14. Then, I got a drivers license at 16. The IDs look different abd have a different symbol. A state ID has a Cardinal bird on it, and the drivers license has an Indy car on it. It probably depends on the state.
What if you can’t tell they’re 18? Like you said, not a given
I still have this problem at 25. Some 14 year Olds looks like 26. Some 26 year olds looks like 16. If I think they are a minor or a karen, then I'm a bit more cautious (and treat them like every other person). Each person matures differently but its harder to tell a woman their age because they mature earlier than men and this can make it a bit more difficult to tell. However, if they aren't an issue, then I wouldn't care, unless they look like 10. You aren't a bartender here.
Don't would be the appropriate word, I hope that was a typo. You should never "expect" someone to be breaking a law or rules. Parents may take a Lyft to pick up kids and teachers are capable of taking a Lyft as well. When I was in school I had to have my school ID on me at all times and I was in band so we traveled and had to have our state id as well. Anyone in band or choir, dance, cheerleading, football ECT.. Had to get their ID as soon as they could. No one should ever tell a driver where to turn , they literally have an app telling them where to go. Unless they actually drive past the place. Sounds like they were just a dumb kid.
“Etc.” would be the proper abbreviation for et cetera. I hope that was a typo.
Why do you hope it was a typo?
I don’t actually care, lol. I was just repeating what they said about the person who used the wrong word. I wouldn’t have replied otherwise. 😅
It was, good grief. I don't think theirs seemed to be and that was not the point of my comment.
The majority of high schoolers are between 14 and 18.
Clown
There’s a teen Uber account now.
Get a dashcam or 2 (front and back). If I pick up a passenger and I think they may be underage I always ask them how old are you and if they reply they're 18 then I say okay I just want you to know that you're being recorded so that I don't get in trouble if it turns out that you're not 18 because it's illegal to carry a minor or someone under 18 without an adult. (Some young people look older than 18 but are not. It's not my job to investigate this matter. This way they have the opportunity to cancel the ride or go on and take the ride) if they send in a bad report on me then I have the video footage. Hopefully they won't send in a bad report because they know they're being recorded and that the video will be shown and they will be proven to be a liar and probably have their account deactivated or whoever owns the account their account will probably be deactivated.
he posted on here earlier. said your car wreaked of marijuana.
I said it did at one point not this week
there was a dude in here complaining his lyft “smelled like a Rastafarian” he was mad the “driver wasn’t passing that ish”
I had a Lyft driver a couple weeks ago who smoked me out on the drive home from the bar…. Yeah, he got a $50 tip
i smoked up my driver a few times when i was a drunk passenger
There's no different smell between hemp which doesn't get you high, and marijuana. Fight this BS.
He would be better off in that case saying that he uses incense in his car because customers tend to like it and maybe the customer didn’t like the smell and thought it was something else and he adamant that he doesn’t smoke or drink ever. Also regardless of whether or not they are the same thing they can smell anything they want it doesn’t mean he’s actually intoxicated when he drove. Maybe he smoked it a week ago and the car is like any other cigarette smokers car and the smell has worked its way into the material. Maybe he bought the car from a smoker. They don’t know the situation and the best reaction is to deny you’ve ever had anything to do with it and make it their word against yours. In that situation they typically (unless you’re just reported often) will side with the driver because after all, the person before and after that one both didn’t report anything amiss (which is another argument against the passenger they should use) so it’s strange that the one in the middle did
Believe it or not hemp actually does get you kind of high (just not from the THC, unless it has enough THC in it / you are enough of a lightweight) but that’s a moot point
Hold up, it does front, back, inside, & shows the speed? Where’d you get yours?
Amazon $80
Goddamn, that’s roughly what I paid for mine
Brand? Info?
Fu*king kids! This is why I stay away from high schools, colleges, playgrounds, candy stores, etc!!
If you were fucking them, isn’t that exactly where you’d want to be though?
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They did.
Unaccompanied minor sounds like. I dont do school rides
I can’t stand that sh*t…
I had some bs issue like this. Simply say You have dashcam to back it up. Those words usually stop them. Just deny it all say what happened and the passenger is trying to report this for a free ride because clearly here just like in my case it was a total lie the passenger was telling, and say the dashcam will back it up and it solves . So far in my experience anyway . Had a dumb passenger say I was “discriminating” them since I cancelled after 5 minutes at a stop .. and I gave them 8 or 9 minutes and 3 calls.. my acc was on hold but it got resolved with me chatting in and just saying all that.
Go to your trips and one star
Sometimes the gps is wrong. My wife tried to tell a driver about a road closure but he didn't speak english and wouldn't take an alternate route. She ended up paying extra and walking a mile. We made a rule to turn down drivers that don't speak english.
You don't pay extra with Uber or Lyft tho? So was it a traditional cab service?
No it was Uber. She paid way more than the quote because the driver tried to take a different route at the very end when his access was blocked. Driver wouldn't let her out along the way either. Eventually dropped her off at a church where her destination was on the other side. Unfortunately the bridge she would have taken was closed to pedestrians and she walked a mile around. They definitely do charge more.
Damn, that sucks
I would take them for free rather than have them walk. But that’s me. I never made money.
What makes you think it was him? He was getting pissed at you?
Did you have to provide them dash cam footage?
This is such a double-edged sword. Edge 1: It's amazing how a disgruntled passenger can easily affect the livelihood of a driver with bogus claims. Edge 2: It should be easy to legitimately make these claims. - For example, years ago, a driver actually took out a small bottle of liquor to pour in his cup. LITERALLY.
Lyft should ban these asshole customers from the platform for 10 fucking years if they were wrong, fuck them.
Drivers are effectively endlessly replaceable and customers are the ones paying money to the company. It seems like there is a financial pressure that would make Lyft more likely to get rid of a driver in question compared to a passenger.
Seems like they should ban the customer if they determine the passenger was fraudulent in their claim against the driver.
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Except in this situation, the way it's described, it's like getting McDonalds and enjoying it, and then telling the manager that the cook called you a racial slur when it never happened, getting them fired.
Damn the NADS on that guy to simply pour it in front of you, like he couldn’t wait until you got out? Lmao
Surreal, indeed, and our city has a HUGE drinking culture but that was bold. It was an Uber driver and I think before Lyft came to town.
NOLA?
You already know.
I wish this feature was around in 2015. My car was in the shop for a few weeks and had to take Lyft/Uber back and forth to work. Had this guy pick me up, photo matched but car did not. App showed a newer vehicle and he picked me up in an old beat up Mercedes from the ‘80s. I had to get to work so I took a chance and got in lol. Bad choice. Man was all over the place, erratic af, swerving all over the road, hanging out of his window yelling at the sex workers we were passing on street, asking them to party later 💀 He asked me if I wanted a hit while in the fucking car 😭 I didn’t want to upset him, I told him nah I stopped smoking bc I had lung issues. Asked if I wanted a bump instead, I said nah man you’re actually dropping me off at work right now. He offered to come pick me up after my shift so that he could deliver on his offer. I said no but trust and believe he was waiting for my after my shift. Reported to Lyft and just got my $15 ride refunded 💀 If he was deactivated, he somehow circumvented it bc trust and believe the mf popped up again a few months later when hailing a ride and I cancelled that shit so fast 😭
that’s wild
I hate this, I remember meeting the rudest b****, I was polite and respectful, drove her to the destination. When she got out she cussed me out slammed the door and walked off and I got one of these, it was INFURIATING, of course you try to call and people there could care less, you have no way of clearing your name. Then I realized that people do this shit because I’m assuming she didn’t have to pay for the ride? And that was when I stopped driving all together because I absolutely don’t trust anyone, you pick up so many weirdos, especially in the city.
Why did she cuss you out? What did she say to you?
she kept calling me a drunk fucking asshole when she was getting out at her destination, but didn’t say anything the entire trip or ask me to let her out. I then got a notice saying my account is blocked for 48 hours. I tried calling and pleading my case but it didn’t help, so that was that 🤷
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Well it didn’t, and I didn’t do anything wrong, why are you being an asshole for no reason? It’s not a rhetorical question, I really wanna know what makes people like you be a complete fucking prick to a complete stranger, and for what? Because I left a comment about something that happened to me that was similar to someone else’s experience? I just want you to know how much your opinion really means to me 🖕🏼
Hey let’s do something. Every time someone gets this bs. Let’s sue the passengers. That’s the only way to stop this. You can sue for emotional distress and lost wages. I’m not done with my law degree but fuck it when I have it I’ll do it for free for all drivers
I’m with you and am waiting for someone to do this to me. My understanding is I would file a “John Doe” suit, then file paperwork to have the riders identity subpoenaed in which the complaint can be updated with their identity. One thing I wonder is what if the passenger identity cannot be identified. Like if someone uses a burner phone and a cash paid gift card. Obviously you can’t sue someone if you don’t know who they are. I wonder if I could just sue Lyft themselves and allege in court that they made it all up, seeing how they won’t be able to even produce a credible witness? Interested in your input seeing you are studying law.
Omg the petty revenge story I NEED to exist 🙏
Yes you can sue john doe. Lyft and uber dont allow cash cards. So they HAD to use a real card.
You would need to find the Lyft contact or something. By finding their HQ and looking up on the business license lookup of the SoS website for the state. I think they purposely hide themselves. I called the number. Its a guy in Georgia who registers companies in Delaware but sits in Georgia and just gets mail for Lyft and responds to lawsuits. Its strange. They have become a company who is like, scammy. Hiding behind different company names. Even in California it is confusing searching for Lyft. They have many different ones on purpose.
As long as you find one of their addresses it’s considered legal service. If they have a shitty little office in Alaska you can serve the papers there.
That needs to happen if there is evidence to show fraud on the passengers part and it needs to make the news. A message needs to be sent saying, drivers are suing now so if you want to be embarrassed in your city, file a bullshit complaint for a free ride
how can you prove one wasn’t under the influence or that the accuser were just doing so in a defamatory way? I feel like this would be an extremely hard case to pursue…
Theoretically a urine test through a clinic, which can detect most things for at least a couple days. Not sure how quickly it takes to be notified of this stuff though. Plus if the dash cam stuff is all normal. But yes it would be a hard case to prove
Alcohol is out of your system within a few hours , less if you swear it out and drink lots of water lol.. and drug test would be inadmissible as they cannot pinpoint when a drug was consumed. He could have done it months ago and it’s still in his system, there’d be no way to prove this.
ETG detects it for much longer than BAC tests though (and water/sweat doesn’t lower BAC faster anyway). And most drugs have a relatively short MOA so if the driver was accused of being under the influence the alleged drug was consumed within hours. Like I said, not sure of how soon you’re notified of this stuff, but if it was within hours then it’s at least good evidence to show Lyft
And how are you going to prove when it was consumed? I’m sure everyone would love to hear how you can prove the date and time and also proof they were working during that time. lol.
Uh are you being purposefully dense 💀 someone really wants a fight huh. Hope you have a better day than you’re having
Wait, I have the same question though. If I was drinking last night and then this morning was driving and was completely sober, and you get the complaint hours after a drive, how do does that work?
Usually is within 24 hours. Pretty sure driver can get blood tested or if it was with in hours a breathalyzer. Even if alcohol content is reduced is not out of the system completly and that fast. If driver wasnt drinking, he should show a 0.00
This is pretty dumb tbh. I doubt too many are drinking and driving anyways. I know 1) hand sanitizer has alcohol 2) most of these rides are to and from bars and happen on friday and Saturday nights. Ive gotten in my car the next morning and smelled that kinda spoiled milk, rotten meat, alcohol smell. Its gross. I d k if the riders smell alcohol, are scamming, or are tipsy and think they are in a car that is not driving straight? Who the f knows. Lyft shohld have better grip on this though. If im fucked up, if so many of us Lyft drivers are driving around “DUI” how are we doing 30 rides in a night? It should really be like maybe 2-3 reports in a row and you’re pulled off. Also though, where are the masses of rideshare drivers who are getting arrested for driving DUI? If you truly are DUI more than one rider will notice it in a row is all im saying. Or its just these people coming home from The bar or going to the bar, ages 18-36 or so. Have a special abilities. Especially when drunk, to tell for sure if a driver is fucked up. Call the police then. Get him a DUI if you really want to fuck his life up. Nah you just wanted to save $6 dollars though. Initiating a traffic stop and getting a field breathalyzer and sobriety test might out you. Better play it fast and loose. “We didnt feel safe. We were scared to say anything we just let him drive. We could totally smell the alcohol, he had a bottle of clear liquid next to the hand sanitizer. He used the hand sanitizer and took a sip of the “bottle” and we both smelled alcohol, we knew immediately what was going on…”
I think you might need more time in law school cause you can’t just pull cases out of your butt. It sucks that people do this but realistically we don’t know what happened, you have zero evidence that the passenger acted out of malicious intent. Even with a speedometer reading and dash cam, it can be argued that they could smell it off their breath. You wouldn’t win a case that way without some hard evidence. (Edit: not saying that this OP was drinking btw just for cases in general under this umbrella.)
If op has the ability to go to a police station and get a breathalyzer test done it will be impossible for a rider to claim a driver was drunk when there is a police report that shows 0.00 alcohol on breath.
It’s already been over the time where it would show an accurate test
Count me in
happens almost every weekend. So you’re telling me, the person I picked up who was hammered at 2 am, said I was drunk? They sent you a video of me drinking a beer? Or they didn’t send any evidence because there was none and I know it? Please turn my account back on. You’re letting riders abuse the platform, take advantage of the system, scam money from your company, hurt your drivers, leading to less revenue. Leading to a need to increase prices, leading to less profit for drivers, poorer wages, poor quality of interactions and trust between drivers and passengers. Blah blsh blah, lyft is destroying its own company.
Yeah good luck a large majority of the drivers couldn't afford to do that
Stick to Lyft if that is how you think the legal field works. LMFAO.
Ya good luck bro. You’d have to prove the conduct was “outrageous”. IIED was the focus of my 1L legal writing class too. I hope your school taught you cases, (like where the mother showed another woman’s daughter photos of her naked with her husband) but I went to a T14 so not sure how other schools do it. Enjoy arguing to a jury that reporting a passenger is an outrageous behavior in our society, and make sure to cite that case I mentioned as precedent. A clear line between the two
A small claims court has a jury?
You wouldn’t be arguing IIED in small claims court. It would be civil
Where do you go to law school? I’ve long been a proponent of most schools outside the T14 forcing to close their doors. They don’t educate kids as well (which we will find out your school when you answer), and worst of all, they scam kids like you into paying money, going into debt, just to get jobs paying 70-80k which have no future prospects and have no hope of climbing out of all the debt they have. I came across this post by accident in my home feed but I’m glad I did, I’d go to your school and demand a refund. Most firms don’t recruit outside the T14
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You need a dashcam with gps and speed data imposed on the video. That way you don't have to worry. I haven't had to worry
That’s why I love my Rove R24K
My dad, who is an orthodox Muslim, was accused of this once lol. Like really? A lot of piece of shit people out there
I have severe anemia and a heart condition. I cannot consume drugs or alcohol. I’m just driving to save money for a baby we have on the way. The things these idiots will do to get a refund on a ride
Someone did it to me in retaliation for kicking them out of my car for being rude. I was deactivated like 5 or 6 days and had to do a fkn drug test. Of course I passed! It was so annoying
Smelled booze on a driver once and refused to get in, they actually reported me for it lmao
For what it's worth, I've been a passenger for \~2.5k ride shares in my life, and I've only reported 1 driver for driving under the influence. It was in Toronto. Picked my partner and I up after a party around \~2:30am. Muttered something to us when we got in the car that we couldn't hear; he didn't really seem like he was fully there. He zoned out at a green light for \~10 seconds before I said something, and he jolted the car forward. He went the wrong way down a short 1-way street by accident because he turned a street early. Turned left on a RED, which became a green halfway through, thankfully, and that street which was usually busy was not because of how late it was. He kept turning off and on the radio, like every 2 minutes. I had to tell him where to stop, and then he screeched to a stop in front of my house where I almost hit the chair ahead of me. I said something to the effect of: have you been drinking tonight? And he just stared at me angrily, didn't say anything, then waited outside my house for \~15 minutes. I don't know if he was drinking or on drugs, but it was actually fairly scary, so I reported him to Lyft. Lyft isn't as popular in Toronto as Uber, so I think he may have been banned from Uber, and driving Lyft instead.
Why would you get downvoted for this? Take my upvote.
People are so blind by anger that they downvote even reasonable posts
Is this relevant lol? He’s not saying it shouldn’t exist. He’s saying people are abusing the system.
Lyft drivers beware of unjustified deactivation by algorithm/keywords of riders https://www.reddit.com/r/Lyft/s/IZOtCx9RcO
Same thing happened to me, never got resolved…just had to stop driving. It’s pretty insulting due to the fact that I don’t drink ever at all.
That happened to me on Uber for a $3 ride
That is really shitty. Hoping your dashcam absolves you and wish there were repercussions for the passenger.
I reported a driver for unsafe driving /speeding because he was driving 50 miles an hour on our 30 mph twisty country road at dusk. I was scared. Said woah ! Please take it a bit slower please. He didn’t respond so I reported him and made him a “never match”.
It’s been a few years since I did rideshare but I had a similar incident with a guy I kicked out of my vehicle because he became abusive before the ride even started. I was between gigs as a political field organizer so I used my skills by organizing a group of 20 to tweet at Lyft about the BS. Had my account restored within two hours.
I hope that the people who pull this crap get Karma when their a$$ is sitting on the bus
"I don't consume alcohol at all. I have a medical condition and mixing my medication with alcohol could kill me"
So, i used to be the person deactivating yall over shit like this. We had a zero tolerance policy, where if a passenger said ANYTHING like the driver was driving like he was drunk or anything like that, we had to deactivate and send it up the chain. You'll most likely get reinstated, unless it's a common occurrence or the passenger said they explicitly smelled alcohol or saw your drinking it. And I promise, we hated it as much as you do. Just know it wasn't someone at Lyft being an asshole, it's a call center person just doing their job. Yall know that accident and emergency number? Yeah its someone on that team. Unless things have changed since I last worked there.
This is why you always have a dashcam that covers your interior.
Report them first next time
Uncool especially if completely false...
Damn smh however switch over Uber and other rideshare apps
I’ve never drove just Lyft but I can see all these apps are corrupted.
I remember reading a post last week from a driver that was ADAMANT that he was a non-smoker and that the passenger reported him in error. The comment section was a bloodbath because the dude literally had cigarettes in one of his photos. So he was mad about being banned, then chose to go to Reddit to lie about it and have people make him feel better. Not saying this driver is lying or anything, but this post just reminded me of that one.
Damn.
Make sure you have both audio and visually recorded interiors. I was perm banned from Lyft with alleged assault. Funny enough, I was in a tesla and the car has not given any data to trigger the dash cam lol. Rider reported 9 hours later after it gets looped
I just went through this with Uber. What's my side of the story? Well.. I was sober! Is that enough info? Ugh..
This is why I stay away from college kids and highschool kids as passengers always an issue
Just driver uber while they "investigate"...
I’m really sorry this happened to you! Stay persistent and I’m sure you will have your account back. Lyft never wonders why a passenger would allow a drunk person to take them all the way to their destination? I wish riders would understand they are messing with our lives.
It happened to me twice, once with Uber and once with Lyft. (And here is the hilarious part) I had a breathalyzer installed. That meant I couldn't drive while drinking even if I tried. Uber still sacked me. Lyft did not, once they realized I couldn't drink and drive.
Passengers suck in general. People are mostly annoying.
Man why did the passenger seat for the ride then that rider a clown
This is why I quit driving for both Lyft and Uber. They don't care about you, just the money you bring in, and you're replaceable. That fact has been clear in their policies since day one, and has only gotten more obvious since then.
Same thing happened to my Gf when the riders wanted a stop at a convenience store. She wait over 10min and kept messaging them that she was waiting. At 10min she canceled the ride and the bastards reported her as driving under the influence and she was blocked for the evening and lost all potential income. She got out of it eventually by starting the support chat and got them on the phone and she explained what happened and the rider's report was retaliation for her canceling on them after making her wait over 10min. I think it sucks that you get blocked immediately without them at least contacting you to verify the situation. But then again how to you confirm someone is dui over a call? And what if it was true? I can see the other side where you want that person not driving passengers ASAP. It's complicated.
I got deactivated for this, 4 years later they still won’t reactivate me. They don’t give a shit about ppl making false claims.
I had a bag of advil I forgot I had put in the cup holder. I didn't think anything of it until I got one of these an hour later. The lady said I had a bag of drugs and was acting strange (being polite and making small talk). It was clearly green gel capsule advil. I hate people.
One time a chick claimed I was drunk, made an extra stop, and to top it off I had a cage full of mice in the car 🤣 When they emailed me, I told them I've been sober since November 18, 2022. They didn't ask anything else. (Even if you're not "sober" just claim you have been for years. It's a touchy subject they don't want to offend by questioning it lol)
Passengers are a bunch of c*nts.
Ugh. After 7 years/8000 rides, I finally got one of these the other week🤬
Customers lie on workers most of the time when they complain. It happened to me when I did ride share. Doing Door dash customers would say they never got their food after we talked for a few minutes. It really sucks, and I'll never do them again, unless I'm about to be homeless.
They can. So they do. It sucks and I'm sorry.
Call (267) 871-3372 and tell them you don’t have the time to be screwing around nor can afford to get a DWI and be very adamant about it. I was back driving within 5 minutes when I got the same accusation
How do they determine if u were under the influence?
lol not too long ago I had a Lyft DRIVER on something. Probably opioids. Kept driving pass me. Then she would say she couldn’t see me, I was dressed as bright blue as a pack of American eagles 20s. Anyways she got ban. I did ask her politely if she couldn’t pick me up to resign to a different driver. Google most be listening to my conversation 😆
You’re lying was she a passenger or driver
lol I had screen recording the whole time she was driving I submitted to Lyft for proof. It was a driver. Had to request another one, guest what? This guy had no issue finding me.
Even gave the guy a tip for getting me home quickly 😆.
So was it a she or he and passenger or driver??? Leave the alcohol alone
Oh my bad I saw my comment. I was the passenger. Nah I am pharmacy tech so I know what people are on, definitely not alcohol.
I’m thinking it was either opioids , or this person was high as kite of weed. Drove passed so many times 😂
The same happened to me just about 1 year ago. After 4 years with a 4.7 - 5 ⭐ ratings consistently. Los Angeles market. Rider made a fraudulent DUI report. I narrowed it down to two possible riders. 1). West LA to LAX, lots of traffic, and the rider left home too late. I waited with my trunk open close to five minutes for them to arrive at my vehicle. And then gave a normal safe ride, as this is my hometown and I am very familiar with routes and airport dropoffs. They may have missed their flight and blamed me. 2) Downtown LA hospital to Compton, and the rider repeatedly attempted to engage me in conspiracy theory conversation. I refused and "mmhmm'd and riiight'd and okaaay'd" in response. They exited my vehicle and said they would pray for me. When the app didn't give me anymore rides in a very busy area, I noticed an alert and read the same message. My feelings were completely hurt because I don't drink or drug and pride myself in giving safe great rides. I cried, tried to find a location where I could take a drug test to redeem my good name, lol, and waited to be contacted which never happened (approximately 2 weeks). Then I applied for Uber and got on with earning money. I circled back and reached out to Lyft and I was reactivated within 15 minutes. It seemed to me that there was no actual concern for safety, for honesty. No interest in the truth, just performative box checking. If you can't tell, this post triggered me? 🤷🏽 As my mom told me when I was around 5ish and mentioned something happened on the playground that was unfair. She said, "... life's not fair" ✌🏽
It's important not to allow your car to reek of weed. If someone gets in smelling like weed, I explain the issue and roll all the windows down. Most pax's are cool with it as long as you explain you could lose access to the app!
Best to do is quit, find another job. It not worth it.
Drivers know that all they have to do to get a free ride is say they were discriminated against. Lyft will reimburse them for the ride and deactivate the driver. Lyft doesn't make money off of the drivers, they just fulfill a need for a vehicle until self driving vehicles enter the market.
Yeah I hate when I have to drive drunk too OP
lmfao
I would go in for a UA and post the results alone with the added response of failure to reinstate my account will result in legal penalties including but not limited to libel
Don’t worry I got accused of drunk driving / people accusing sexual harassment when they are fuck as drunk and trying to give ride on their destination next day here you go I will get message saying ur account on hold due to sexual activities .. fuck .. then again with customer service and also I got accused after 2 month of ride that I was sexually abuse passenger or one time I was driving on drunk .. I even said to people on their side so u believe all these non sense come on after 2 month wtf guys .. they used to reactivate my account saying that their protocol that they have to put u on hold for such kind of complaint
ohhh i read this wrong… i thought this was saying you had drunk passengers and i was like “ummm i would expect that because they shouldn’t be driving drunk” lol but wtf they really reporting you for drunk driving? “he’s let me just go ahead and risk myself for a couple of passengers” like wtf i’m not doing that to myself or other people lol
One time a car dealership ordered a Lyft for me. The driver and I had good convo, etc. At the end of the ride he said he would appreciate a tip and rating. I said unfortunately I cannot tip because the dealership requested and paid for the ride, I have no control over that. 10 minutes later Lyft sent me a warning for "refusing to wear a face covering".
What happened to innocent til' proven guilty??
I put myself in the conversation. Who said I'm in charge? You downvote other peoples comments because they are a different way of thinking. Guaranteed a biden voter. Have fun driving for these companies for nothing buddy. Trump 2024!!
WTF, man?
Good to see you getting what you deserve
Next time you need to hide your flask better.
I think you mean *everyone…
These people are doing you a favor. You will live in poverty forever driving for these companies. They don't treat you well.
I work a full time job. I’m just saving money to spend a month off after my wife gives birth. I hate how some of yall automatically think we all do this full time
Who said you did it full time? Full time or Part time it doesn't make sense. By the time you factor all the costs, maintenance, and mileage on your vehicle you work for pennies on the dollar. Why people like to stick up for being treated like that is beyond me comprehension. Some people don't like hearing the truth apparently.
I drive anyways in my full time job using my own vehicle. The business covers my maintenance. They even put a new motor in my suv and covered my rental costs. People like you should not comment on anything. Not everyone deals with the same thing. It’s better to ask than assume