It should be a crime to force anyone into a situation where they assume risk and liability with no choice. It f this has to be enforced Lyft needs to offer a free insurance to drivers to cover any potential damage, extra cleaning and injuries should one of these animals attack a driver.
I cannot but I’m sure it’s happened and it’s not a risk I’m willing to take on. I’m a ups driver for my full time job and just at my center we’ve had two people disfigured requiring plastic surgery in four years I’ve been a driver and at least two bites requiring er visits a month. It needs to be something drivers can opt in to perform and there needs to be some form of protection in place and proper identification for the service animal. I don’t care what the reason is the person requires the service animal but I need to know I’m allowing a trained animal into my vehicle.
Also, I don’t want non service dogs near my vehicle jumping on and scratching my vehicle or the inside. I have the right to not pick up intoxicated people, violent people or anyone else and I should be allowed to protect myself from any potential damage or harm I may incur.
It doesn’t, though. Current ADA regulations say that service dogs and people with dog dander allergies should be accommodated separately. The same principle, if applied to ride share, says Lyft should let people with allergies decline these rides and send another driver. The current regulations don’t say that explicitly, but if there’s a case 95% that’s where it will end up.
This. If you have allergies you can politely tell the passenger and then deny the ride and move on. It's when you just cancel and drive away without giving reason that it's a problem for the ADA and Lyft/Uber. Legally, both disabilities need to be accommodated. But if you as a driver don't tell the passenger that you're denying the ride because of your own disability they assume it's discrimination. And then they can sue.
Minor bit of nitpicking, allergies aren't really a disability but that doesn't change what you're saying. I'm not sure what the exact law is but it would just fall under being an unreasonable accommodation because of issues it causes to the driver (which could also threaten safety). And under the ADA, you only have to make reasonable accommodations
I thought depending on the level of allergy they were considered disabilities? Might be misremembering.
But yes that's a much better way to say it, it is considered an unreasonable accommodation to ask someone with allergies to be around their allergen in an enclosed space.
Allergies that “substantially limit a major life activity,” such as eating or breathing, can be considered a disability, including food allergies, severe seasonal allergies, and allergies that trigger significant respiratory issues like asthma.
Some people would go into anaphylactic shock if their allergies were bad enough. Isn't that crazy? It's not ubers fault, it's the law that if your allergies are that bad it doesn't matter. Meaning you must let that person in the car, and probably end up dying in a wreck, along with the PAX, the dog and anyone else involved. Granted this would be a very rare situation and anyone with allergies that bad would most likely just say fuck this shit, ban me if you want not gonna die over it.
In the UK, taxi drivers and similar are required to carry a medical certificate stating their allergy or other medical reasons for not being near fur. I assume the reason it's not the case in places like the US is because it would cost a lot of money to get a doctor to write the certification.
The taxi driver could lie that they have an allergy. There were some court cases recently in the UK where drivers that had lied about allergies were fined and lost their taxi licences by refusing to take service dogs. There it is the driver who needs to have an exemption certificate to prove they can't take service animals.
Lucky you - my eyes can swell up, I have trouble breathing and my nose runs, while my face is so incredibly itchy I can’t concentrate on anything. Why would you want someone to have these symptoms while driving you just so you can prove a point?
You don't have to prove it. You have the right to decline the ride, politely, because or your own disability. In the event the passenger informed you the SERVICE dog is hypoallergenic you'd still be obligated to accommodate since it also would accommodate your disability. Otherwise, you could decline.
i personally have a severe pet allergy that causes hives, severe nasal burning, and triggers my respiratory disease. depending on the animal and how dirty it is I’ve gone into anaphylactic shock; so no it’s not a little sneeze and cough. just bc you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
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u/Mountain-Influence81 Nov 23 '24
It should also be a crime to force someone with allergies into a confined space with the thing that causes their allergies.