Car crashed into Arlington restaurant - courthouse area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

did you give him a bad review? That will help others, that's how uber works

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still nothing? I’m starting to think the Uber driver wasn’t brown.

nah, there is typically zero followup or concern about reckless driving. media and police seem to see it like a non-crime by default. an “accident.”

There was a ton of followup and concern when this happened in Chevy Chase DC recently.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1043382.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

did you give him a bad review? That will help others, that's how uber works

No I didn't give him a bad review. He knew where I lived and he was probably crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still nothing? I’m starting to think the Uber driver wasn’t brown.

nah, there is typically zero followup or concern about reckless driving. media and police seem to see it like a non-crime by default. an “accident.”

There was a ton of followup and concern when this happened in Chevy Chase DC recently.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1043382.page

There was no follow up by the media re the Parthenon deaths. If you read the end of that thread it’s just people arguing about whether the elderly need to lose their license at a certain age, how to report them, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

I struck up conversations in Spanish with Uber drivers while on vacation in Orlando recently. 2 of the 3 drivers told me they were in the U.S. illegally (both from Venezuela.

Point is: Uber does not verify illegal status whatsoever.

Wonder what else they fail to check?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

I struck up conversations in Spanish with Uber drivers while on vacation in Orlando recently. 2 of the 3 drivers told me they were in the U.S. illegally (both from Venezuela.

Point is: Uber does not verify illegal status whatsoever.

Wonder what else they fail to check?

I wondered about that too. It seems like the Uber drivers are always foreign around here. One guy told me a funny story about how he came from Africa to the DMV and it sounded like he came through 'the back way'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

Isn’t there a button on the app to let them know you’re in trouble, or something is wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

Isn’t there a button on the app to let them know you’re in trouble, or something is wrong?

PP here. I don’t know, I have never heard of that. I rarely take Ubers and the cab line was soooo long at Union Station without enough cabs which is why we tried an Uber. Never again. Was completely crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

do you remember his star rating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still nothing? I’m starting to think the Uber driver wasn’t brown.

Or he was brown but the accident was caused by an Arlington bro grabbing the steering wheel after a dispute over directions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

Isn’t there a button on the app to let them know you’re in trouble, or something is wrong?

PP here. I don’t know, I have never heard of that. I rarely take Ubers and the cab line was soooo long at Union Station without enough cabs which is why we tried an Uber. Never again. Was completely crazy.

Mentally ill cab drivers is what made me switch to Uber. Maybe now the cab drivers are sane and professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still nothing? I’m starting to think the Uber driver wasn’t brown.

Oh no. The racist PP will be so disappointed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I avoid taking Uber/Lyft because more often than not they drive too fast or aggressively. Most times their driving scares the heck out of me. I thought one driver, in particular, had lost his mind and was going to crash on purpose, he drove so radically. I think he had a mental problem or was really angry. I'm done.

Last week I took an uber from Union Station into Alexandria via 395 and the driver wouldn't go over 40 mph. I thought he was having a medical emergency and we kept trying to talk to him, but he wouldn't pull over, wouldn't let us out, was clearly mentally unsound. He was talking to himself and basically driving so slow on the interstate that I was seriously scared someone would ram us in road rage. Cars giving us the finger another gestures, some getting super close to the bumper, others beeping like crazy.

Yeah a lot of the times when I see someone driving uncomfortably slow or clearly not knowing where they’re going, it seems to be a rideshare driver. Not sure what the solution is. I know they can get kicked off the app for having too many bad reviews but what until then?

[Anonymous]

From Arl co:

“UPDATE (8/15/22) - The Arlington County Police Department continues to investigate the cause of Friday’s crash. Based on the preliminary investigation, detectives do not believe the crash was an intentional act and alcohol has been ruled out as a contributing factor. The driver of the vehicle is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

Three patients remain hospitalized. One is in critical condition and two are in stable condition.“