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Video: Driving for Uber during a pandemic
"Lyft and Uber are having their workers play Russian roulette with the lives of many families and members of the general public." As aforementioned in our timeline of Uber & Lyft's response to the COVID19 outbreak, reaction to the outbreak and its toll on driver's has been slow. In the video above, Jon Sarlin at CNN interviews two drivers to talk about how they're responding to the outbreak, and what measures, if any they are able to take to keep themselves safe.
Uber & Lyft Driver’s Guide to COVID-19
Since the USA-based outbreak of COVID-19, most anyone who can work from home has been told to do so. Driver earnings are probably substantially down, but of course for now, there’s no way to know 100%. Having driven for Uber and Lyft part-time for the past 7 years, I can personally attest to things being “slow” the last few times I logged into the apps. But, given how easily COVID-19 appears to be spreading, having passengers in and out of my vehicle doesn’t sound worth the extra few bucks right now anyway. Here’s a timeline of both Uber & Lyft’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak where their drivers are concerned. Saturday, March 7th, 2020 Lyft sends out an email blast to its drivers providing links to their “Safety” page. It also features a few blurbs about how they partnered with EO Products to offer free hand sanitizer at Driver Hubs and Service Centers. (Allow me to don my Alex Jones tinfoil hat for a second: all arrows are pointing to COVID-19 being transmissible in the air. Apparently particles can survive up to 3 hours suspended in the air and can live on a surface - without a human host -...
Top 3 Uber & Lyft Accident Secrets Exposed
(collaborate and listen 😬) With over 75 million active riders across the globe and over 3 million drivers on their platform, it’s no wonder Uber gets the lion’s share of the booming rideshare industry. They reached a whopping $65 Billion in gross bookings in 2019. That’s 65,000,000,000 – for you visual folks. While some stats suggest that ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft are safer than driving yourself, accidents happen. If you or a family member has been involved in an accident while riding in a rideshare vehicle or that was caused by a rideshare vehicle, there’s some stuff you should know BEFORE you talk with them or their insurance provider about your accident. Here are Secrets Uber and Lyft hoped you'd never find out after a ridesharing car accident! 1. You shouldn't get hung up on who is at fault. Given their star ratings system, most Uber or Lyft drivers are pretty friendly. It's common to strike up engaging conversation with ridesharing drivers, and that can make you feel like you've got a connection or bond. So it's no wonder how often we hear... My Uber / Lyft driver wasn't at fault in my accident and I don't want...
Remembering Sharon Haley
61 year-old Houston Resident, Sharon Haley, killed in Lyft Vehicle Accident Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and loved ones of Houston resident Sharon Haley (61), who was killed by a drunk driver while riding in a Lyft vehicle with her boyfriend. Haley had been visiting DFW and was out doing Christmas shopping when the vehicle she was traveling in was struck by a drunk driver fleeing the scene of another accident he had caused. https://youtu.be/ezUyGk4yAtI
Dallas Woman Wins $37M after Uber Vehicle Rollover Accident
DALLAS— A Dallas jury awarded Sarah Milburn (27) $37,615,818 in damages sustained in a 2015 Uber car accident. On November 15, 2015, then 23 year-old student Sarah Millburn had ordered an Uber along with five friends. They entered into a Honda minivan operated by Arian Yusufzai. Milburn sat in the middle seat of the 3rd row of the vehicle. She grabbed the seat belt strap that hung from the ceiling and secured it across her chest, not realizing that this particular seat belt system required passengers to first anchor a latch into a buckle on one side before latching it on the other. As such, Millburn had only secured her chest harness. Yusufzai began driving on McKinney Avenue and through the intersection at North Fitzhugh Avenue, where he drove through a yellow light as it turned red and was struck on the passengers side by another vehicle being operated by Richard DeLeon. The van rolled onto its left side and then to its roof before coming to a complete rest. Millburn stayed in the vehicle hanging upside down from the chest harness on the seat belt, suffering a neck fracture. She was rendered quadriplegic. Dallas Uber accident lawyers sought damages...