Lyft: Nearly 2000 sexual assaults in ride

 

Lyft: More than 1800 sexual assaults in rides:

This is disturbing and unacceptable. 

More than 1,800 sexual assaults occurred during Lyft rides in 2019, the company said on Thursday in its first-ever safety report on sexual and physical assaults, fatal crashes and other serious incidents.

Lyft’s safety report had been long awaited in the ride-hailing industry, as the company is facing lawsuits from victims of sexual assaults that occurred during rides. It committed to releasing its sexual assault statistics in 2019, when Uber released a similar report.

Here's the report: 

https://assets.ctfassets.net/q8mvene1wzq4/4jxkFTH5YCQK8T96STULMd/4269e14dbcb8578ff64da45df08b8147/Community_Safety_Report.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/technology/lyft-sex-assaults-report.html

What to do? Educate riders. For riders, take safety steps every time. We suggest - avoid drivers with less than 1,000 rides. Star rating should be better than 4.7. Confirm the name, license plate, and car. Call someone when in the car. Ride behind the driver. 

Are Uber and Lyft Drivers Really Independent Contractors?

Rob Sach from PA has this excellent post on whether or not Lyft or Uber drivers are employees. 

In Rob's post, he summarized a recent decision, and wrote that a Court determined that individuals who are receiving unemployment compensation benefits often engage in temporary assignments to supplement their income or to assist them in finding full time employment.  

One of the most popular defenses that companies like Uber and Lyft try to use in accident cases is that the driver was an “independent contractor.”  The case summary that Rob writes about notes that Pennsylvania now has one of the first appellate cases which may persuade a court  that all the actions taken to become a rideshare driver do not create a relationship of somebody previously pigeon-holed as an “independent contractor.”  

Read more here: https://www.ridesharelawgroup.com/uber-lyft-drivers-really-independent-contractors/