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If only that were true. Uber doesn't allow unaccompanied minors to ride. Lyft has the same rule.

• taxicabjesus 10y ago
  The taxi company that I drove for required kids who were less than 12 years old to have a fingerprint-cleared driver, or to be accompanied by someone over 12 years of age. One time I did get a group of siblings who needed to get home from school, and the oldest one was 11. I asked, and learned that it was an exception that a manager in dispatch allowed to go through. Some of the teenagers' case managers [foster care/etc] specified that their drivers also have a fingerprint clearance. I'm not entirely sure what the criteria was. Parents in most cities can certainly contact a local taxi company and arrange for their kids to be hauled around by fingerprint-cleared drivers.
  • glibgil 10y ago
    Cool story, meanwhile Uber and Lyft drivers just look the other way. Works really well
• glibgil 10y ago
  Minors ride Uber and Lyft all the time. I have never heard of a driver denying a ride to any minor that I know. Like I said, it works for minors, de facto. You are not informed how the world works for the masses. Kid needs a ride? Parent works? Parent is going to stay at work and the kid is going to take that $5.75 ride, bottom line. That's the real market