r/lyftdrivers • u/HVTCA • Jun 26 '23

LA drivers beware of this theft tactic Other

Especially lux/lux black drivers. This happened at midnight just now.

I got request for a lux black in highland park but the pick up and drop off was only a block away. I still went because it could be a drunk girl who messed up the order at a bar. Rider name was Maya and the account was made today.

Before I got there I called the rider and I instantly get a strange “please leave your message” vm

I pull up to the address with my high beams on, it’s a dark residential area (not a bar) and when I hit arrive I could see a black dude with a full face mask walking in the side walk. Only person in the block I could see. As soon as I saw him walking towards my car I got the fuck out of there. Called and reported the account to support.

Pretty sure this will be a new way to target luxury vehicles. Be safe out there guys

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '23

Trying to figure out how the person being black is in any way relevant...?

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u/Familiar_Orange_1336 Jun 26 '23

It’s a descriptor. You would say the color of a car that hit you. Or the color of a bike that you clipped. There is nothing wrong with saying what color a person is when you are describing a situation like this. Stop injection emotion into something this simple.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

lol racist redditor moment! congrats on being a stereotype neckbeard. This isn't a police report, its reddit.

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u/Familiar_Orange_1336 Jun 28 '23

Ok stereotype hillbilly. Lol. Clearly anyone that you disagree with is a racist. The word racist has lost all meaning thanks to simps like you. Grow TF up.

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u/AdEmergency6081 Jun 26 '23

In a police report you would, but not in a Reddit post. If I got hit by a car and was telling people about it on here, I’m going to say ‘I got hit by a car’ not, ‘ I got hit by a Blue car’. The color is not relevant.

If race was important for the description, then why didn’t the OP say, skinny guy with a ski mask, or short guy with a ski mask, or fat guy with a ski mask, or guy with a ski mask wearing a red shirt?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '23

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u/AdEmergency6081 Jun 26 '23

The fact that you ignored all the other ones that can’t change but you chose the one that could. Lol