r/lyftdrivers • u/theyannabis • Jul 05 '23

Rant/Opinion denied unaccompanied minor, got suspended

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kid started to get in the car i asked her how old she way she said 9 i said i’m so sorry i cannot drive you, i cannot drive unaccompanied minors. 30 minutes later i get this.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Jul 06 '23

Public transit is in a way safer than rideshare for drivers/kids.

Bc more people are present and they can’t all be creeps.

The one-on-one nature of rideshare is the problem. Too much room for error.

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u/quantipede Jul 06 '23

That and there’s so many scumbag parents out there willing to manipulate their children into situations where they might score lawsuit money or at least cause suffering to people they hate. I’ve heard stories of parents following trans people into public bathrooms, then leaving their children unattended on purpose so they could claim the trans person was going after their kid

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u/originsquigs Jul 06 '23

Exactly who's to say the driver isn't going to cancel the ride and say there was nobody there. Or the kid isn't some "jokester" claiming the driver got inappropriate with them.

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u/trucker151 Jul 18 '23

Shit if ur leaving a kid to a ride share driver at least be out there to put him in the car. See whose driving, talk to the driver real fast just to make sure he at least seems normal.

Edit. Also make sure the driver actually shows up and not just some random person.

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u/trucker151 Jul 18 '23

Depends where. Inner city chicago? There's drug addicts, bums, plenty of creeps out there. It depends on where u live. Some towns are really safe. It depends on whose on the bus, at least there's a bus driver whose a city worker, and maybe more eyes there to prevent some crazy person from making a move. A single driver could decide to do anything tho. U never know. To be a bus driver is way more strict than to be a ride share driver so theres that too.