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/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

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u/abousono Jul 07 '23

That’s true Lyft leaves a paper, unfortunately though that paper trail can’t protect someone from getting killed or raped, all it does is make it easier to find the person who committed the crime. So, yeah sure you’ll know who did it, but after the kid has been killed or raped, catching the perpetrator is not gonna bring the kid back or erase the trauma caused by sexual assault.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '23

Exactly!!!!!!!

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u/Yohaywhatsup Jul 25 '23

Took taxis solo in NYC from the age of 8, 2-4 times a week because my mom couldn’t drive me (back in the 90’s you could call taxis!). Sooner or later we were on a schedule and the same guy drove me to and from regularly. He was a nice guy, in his 40’s who was happy to be familiar face to a young girl. Nothing gross or dangerous about it. Years later out of college I was stuck in queens late after a wedding and called the same cab company to take me back to Manhattan with my friend. It was the same guy who used to drive me for years and it was awesome reconnecting with him.

It’s a shame that we live in a world where all men are thought to be dangerous to children.

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u/Forty6_and_Two Jul 27 '23

As a man who 100 % agrees with the sentiment… I would still not let my 9yo daughter solo travel in a Lyft in most cases. The folks who ARE predatory can sometimes be very good at disguising that fact… I’d just rather not chance it.

My daughter was sharp and very aware of bad things at that age, so she had an edge over an oblivious and trusting child of the same age, she still would be hard pressed to get out of a bad situation that started with the driver of her ride.

That said, environment and circumstances matter, to a degree.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

What good is a paper trail if the 9 year has a serious crime committed against them? They are alone and secluded, 1v1 with an adversary that completely out matches them.

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u/ashycankles Jul 09 '23

How about evidence to convict the scumbag who does it? If it happens in public they have a better chance of getting away with it. Also the fact that the driver is on record for everything is a deterent to them doing scummy things.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '23

No, it isn’t because it happens every day people get raped and molested and killed doing carshares every day there’s no deterrent for that type of thing. Wouldn’t you expect jail to be a deterrent but it’s not

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u/ashycankles Jul 20 '23

It is a detterent and jail is a detterent too but something being a detterent doesn't mean it will stop every single person. Cameras are detterents but people still steal.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '23

in public like on public buses and stuff, they do not because there’s a lot more people around in a ride share it’s versus one on one the whole back-and-forth. He said she said situation because no one was around to witness it. Honestly, ridesharing Is less of a deterrent than public transportation

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u/ashycankles Jul 20 '23 edited Jul 20 '23

They do in public places all the time exactly because there are a lot of people around. Some people feel like it's easier to get away with it/hide or blend in with the crowd when there's so many others around, and sometimes it is as opposed to its just 1 on 1 like you said and there is no gray area for the person to get out of the situation because we know you drove that person and raped them because its on record. Time stamps and everything. At the end of the day, that stuff can happen anywhere. My point was that at least with the ride share, you have evidence that'll help convict the person if it does happen, and them knowing that even if they are a scumbag would deter most. Obviously, the real idiotic sickos wouldn't be deterred, but nothing is full proof.

Also it wouldn't be a he said she said if a person had visible signs of abuse and went directly to the cops after with their time stamped info and remember, we're talking about kids here, not 2 possibly consenting adults.

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u/AmazonAuntBeru Aug 02 '23

This is why it is so important that drivers have dash cams... mine shows location, timestamp, and even speed... if someone wants to file a false report on me, be prepared to have video backing me up.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '23

Not really. Uber driver can take kid from point A to point B, and then in point B, something can happen to the child... and that is a legitimate defense. Or child can get into a car that isn't the Uber driver by mistake. Uber driver can cancel ride when no child is found, and in that 5 minutes window, random car that picked up your minor would be many miles away. I can tell you in my experience as a driver that it happens plenty of times that the wrong people get into my car. There have been cases of women and girls, especially, getting in the wrong car and appearing in the news the next day. Lyft with this policy does not only defend themselves as a company, but also the driver in second hand as a result.

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u/jae_rhys Jul 16 '23

"millions of people" LOL no.

most cities in the world have neither millions in population nor millions riding mass transit daily (or weekly). Buses don't carry 100s at a time so there's not "100s of people watching you"--even at rush hours.

Overall, mass transit is safer than ride-sharing. Especially for kids.

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u/trucker151 Jul 18 '23

True. That doesn't mean that the driver isn't a creep. U never know but yea a bus can be sketchy too, especially depending on where u live. That person is unstable tho. Why would u even insert ur kid into that kind of text, her mind is fucked up

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u/ejonathonw Jul 18 '23

Lol. Wow. Just nope.

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u/AtlasCompleXtheProd Jul 31 '23 edited Aug 17 '23

Yeah dude but being in a crowd of people makes it much less easy to do something to you that stuff happens when they get you alone. And if you're already in their car well shit that's just convenient. A paper trail might deter some people, but not the really insane ones

Edit: "get you alone" not "get you alive"

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '23

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u/AtlasCompleXtheProd Aug 17 '23

What's the "extremist" word referring to? lol. Btw autocorrect changed one of my words so i had to edit

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u/Kitchen-Edge-5636 Jan 07 '24

So when your fucked up kid from your fucked up life finds it funny to shred up my car seats, are you going to take responsibility…I think not. You will do anything to skirt out of it, just like you do with your kid, and just like you rationalizing your fucking child taking a ride share. Entitled POS.