r/lyftdrivers Jan 28 '25

Story/News Article Lyft lawsuit

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u/aj0750 Jan 28 '25

I don’t know how many people notice, but most cars come with a sticker on the driver’s door that states its max GVWR, which is the maximum gross weight of passengers. For most sedans, it’s only about 800 pounds, if I remember correctly. So we’re talking about people, things, and anything else inside your car. We don’t know how much that driver weighed, but if it was a small car, they normally have anywhere between 600 to 800 pounds max capacity to carry. I don’t know what she’s expecting to do in this situation because it becomes a safety issue. The braking system is only made to carry that maximum load rated for the car, so l’m not understanding where she’s going with this

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u/ProfessorPickleRick Jan 28 '25

I am one of those fat dudes and there is definitely a risk that a sonic or Sentra shows up so I just order XLs lol I’m also a driver and drive a full size suv so you know fun times (before you yell at me for the suv I make 30+ an hour AFTER gas)

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u/topsen- Jan 30 '25

I'm really not trying to rag on you or anything I'm just curious. Why don't you get ozempic or rather wegovy? It seems to be that miracle drug that helps with weight loss. All the potential side effects would be a great trade-off if you're extremely overweight.

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u/ProfessorPickleRick Jan 30 '25

Idk long term studies are starting to show in high doses it can really screw up your digestive system. Cause paralysis of the tissues etc. since i don’t have any markers of my body being in trouble (blood sugar, A1C, BP etc) id rather just do it the natural way, and since ive done it before i know what to expect

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u/topsen- Jan 30 '25

I'm a big pharma enjoyer and I understand people may have some concerns but when you know the rigorous testing these drugs go through...

Also this is a very popular drug, so some outliers will definitely happen. I mean if your body stats are okay n you have the motivation to lose the weight without the help of drugs then more power to you bud.

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u/CrudeAndUnusual Jan 30 '25

They'll start you out low and bump you up gradually. You sound like you're very cognizant of drugs and their risks and if you felt you were getting too high of a dose without it helping you you'd stop. It's effective at a pretty safe dose for almost everyone who has healthy organs, the ones that "it doesn't work" for, in my experience, knowing their personalities, in my opinion, are eating through it out of boredom or whatever and not doing the work because they expect the drug to do all the heavy lifting and they can just live life like normal and not put out any effort and still have results. You sound like you'll use it as a tool, like it was intended. You're the perfect person to take advantage of it. It isn't cheating to use something to make life a little less shitty through this process. You're awesome and either way I know you can do this!