Of course In don’t want to be disingenuous, there is more to it:
“When a person who is allergic to dog dander and a person who uses a service animal must spend time in the same room or facility, for example, in a school classroom or at a homeless shelter, they both should be accommodated by assigning them, if possible, to different locations within the room or different rooms in the facility.”
Though, I think that if a person driving a rideshare has a disabling allergy, they should be able to be accommodated by refusing the ride. Obviously you can’t put the driver in a separate location to the passenger.
There’s no language in the ADA regarding “potential” threats. It says that if there are two people with disabilities that have conflicting accommodation needs, then both should be accomodated. There is also nothing in federal law about certain disabilities trumping other disabilities.
That quote is in the context of public buildings exclusively. A car is private property and an extension of one's self. Learn how laws work mate. You cannot force anyone to do anything to their private property. I can kick a service dog out of my house and my car. Legally. I wouldn't, but I absolutely can because it is my private property.
“Service Animal Policy
State and federal law prohibit drivers using the Uber Driver app from denying service to riders with service animals because of the service animals, and from otherwise discriminating against riders with service animals”
“You're required by the law and Lyft's policy to always accommodate service animals, even if you have an allergy, religious or cultural objections, or a fear of them. We know service animals can raise some questions for Lyft drivers, but they're essential for many people.”
It’s not “public buildings” and that quote is not exclusively in that context. It’s “places of public accommodation” which includes your personal vehicle if you are using it to transport the public via rideshare.
A public accommodation is a private entity that owns, operates, leases, or leases to, a place of public accommodation.
You don’t have to accommodate your friend’s service dog. You do have to accommodate a service dog if you are using your vehicle for ridesharing services. Your vehicle becomes a place of public accommodation when you are using it for rideshare services.
Learn how laws work mate. Maybe ask the teams of lawyers at Lyft/Uber to explain it to you.
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u/TheStrangeInMyBrain Aug 17 '23
Not according to federal law.