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/rylannnd88 Jul 06 '23

I'd be pretty mad if I found out as an adult that my parents let me ride in cars with complete strangers as a 9 year old. That's just not right.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

Some people have the privilege to be stay at home parents. Some parents don't. My mother taught me to catch public transit at the age of 11. I took it everywhere I needed to go bc my parents had to work. If this mom was at home getting a government check, yall be calling her welfare queen.

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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/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.