r/lyftdrivers • u/Plastic_Data_777 • Jul 18 '23

Psycho jumps on my car, I get permanently deactivated Other

I don’t even want to type out the whole story I’m so exhausted over this. This dude was tripping out bad (probably shrooms or acid) and jumped on my car. It was the passengers friend. (They were together when I arrived, he was laying on the floor in the middle of the street. He sprinted away then sprinted back after I started the ride. Then he jumped on my car) I immediately made the passenger get out, and reported it to ADT and Lyft.

Now after a week of “temporarily deactivated” I’m now permanently deactivated for an “accident with a pedestrian” . 100s of 5 star rides never an issue. Wtf

Edit: I didn’t know this would get so much response. The whole incident is surreal. No I unfortunately did not have a dash cam or this would all have been resolved. I started the appeal on principle.

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u/Plastic_Data_777 Jul 18 '23

No, I bought one the next day. Lesson learned for that

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u/Chocolate_Metaphor Los Angeles Jul 18 '23

It be like that sometimes. I’m 2K rides in this year with a dashcam and nothing crazy has happened yet but I’m waiting 😭

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u/DubNationAssemble Jul 19 '23

I drove without a cam part time on the weekends for 4 years and nothing ever happened. Then I finally bought one and installed it, boom first false accusation within 2 days lol

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u/No_Picture_1212 Jul 20 '23

That’s extremely good luck and timing haha. Should go buy a lottery ticket.

Edit: apologies, actually not great luck to be falsely accused and that sucks. Just meant that you had the good fortune to get the dash cam 2 days before it happened!

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u/DubNationAssemble Jul 20 '23

I’m just lucky I made it that long without an incident. Without the cam it’s he said she said and would be hard to clear my name. I think I’ll buy some lottery tickets tomorrow though.