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Seems pretty reasonable to me. Look at it from the driver’s perspective: if you’re pulled over and the car reeks of weed or alcohol your day just got a lot wors
by in_cahoots 8y ago
Seems pretty reasonable to me. Look at it from the driver’s perspective: if you’re pulled over and the car reeks of weed or alcohol your day just got a lot worse. Doubly so if you’re a minority and you get pulled over by someone on a power trip. What is the driver supposed to do, strip the customer looking for illegal substances? This gives an easy way to decline the ride or disincentive the passenger without having to make a long explanation.
- chillwaves 8y agoAre you saying people who are intoxicated on alcohol are no longer welcome to use Uber? Or should not be welcome?
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- ambicapter 8y agoAlcohol isn't smoked and isn't likely to vaporize out of a drunk and settle on the walls of the car.
- wishinghand 8y agoIt can much more easily settle on the floor of the car though.
- reaperducer 8y agoSome (many?) drivers will refuse to take a visibly intoxicated passenger. They don't want to risk a vomiting incident. It's why the long-time and full-time Uber drivers usually don't drive after dark/9pm/midnight (depending on the location), and leave the late-nights to the newbies.
- smt88 8y agoVomit can be a big problem, and on top of that there can be a difficult tightrope to walk of knowing when someone needs to go to a hospital instead of going home.
- mnm1 8y agoBeing fucked up is one of the main reasons Uber exists and people take it. Otherwise people can just drive their own cars. Smoking even a big blunt before getting into the car will not leave that smell in the car nor will it cause suspicion if someone is pulled over. That's bullshit.