From Pando Someone give the Uber driver relations staff an antacid, because it's been one hell of a trying summer for the department. The latest incident from the "you've got to be kidding me files," comes from Atlanta, where last night an Uber driver allegedly pulled a gun on a valet parking attendant outside a JT Kitchen restaurant [...]
From Forbes Roberto Chicas, a 35-year-old San Francisco bartender, climbed into an UberX car around 2 a.m. last week and expected to get home safely. Instead, he landed in the hospital after his driver allegedly bashed in his face with a hammer after a dispute over the route. The hammer attack left Chicas with a fractured [...]
From the Chicago Tribune The online car service Uber says it has "removed" one of its drivers as police investigate allegations that he sexually assaulted a female customer in Lincoln Square last month. The woman told police she had been out with friends from work when she called for an Uber car at 2:50 a.m. [...]
From the Boston Globe An Uber driver was charged with indecent assault and battery against a passenger on Sunday morning, police said, an incident that comes amid an intensifying debate over how to regulate the popular ridehailing service and after several similar assault allegations. According to an Uber spokeswoman, the driver recently passed a background [...]
From the Corsair I never once gave a second thought about the safety of me or my friends after deciding to call upon the services of Lyft one Saturday night before a party. No one really thinks much about the fact that the driver is a complete stranger, how his night is going, or how [...]
From People An Uber driver was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of burglary after a passenger accused him of trying to rob her home. Police say 51-year-old Gerald Montgomery picked up the unidentified Denver woman and drove her to the airport before returning to burglarize her home, according to KUSA. However, the robbery attempt was [...]
from the LAist A woman says she was cursed out and then thrown onto the pavement by an Uber driver—and the company was slow to respond and won't even offer up her driver's full name for a police report. Jena, who didn't want to give her last name because she fears for her safety, told [...]
From RTV 6 ABC The INDY Channel INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis woman says she feared for her life when an Uber ride turned into a vicious attack. The woman, who asked not to be named, said her driver attacked her Nov. 7 after she and two friends called for a ride in Broad Ripple. In [...]
From the Evening Standard A young mother has accused an Uber driver of calling her a “black c***” and launching a brutal assault after a row over making two drop-offs. Non-emergency paramedic Taleka White, 27, says she was dragged out of a minicab and punched twice in the face after her driver flew into a [...]
From FOX News A 29-year-old woman in Los Angeles said Tuesday she was suing Uber after her driver punched her in the face, shattering her jaw, during a heated argument she recorded on her phone. Uber told KNBC it reviewed the accusations before cutting ties with the driver and pledging to assist Los Angeles police. Cops said [...]