SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Rogue rideshare drivers are taking advantage of unsuspecting passengers trying to hail a ride.
The drivers are not supposed to pick them up.
So on Wednesday night, KRON’s Stanley Roberts goes in-depth to show us the unscrupulous drivers, who got caught with the wrong passenger.
A sergeant for San Francisco police was overseeing a sting targeting rogue drivers picking up passengers illegally. Plain-clothed police officers are serving as decoys.
Under state law, only a verified taxi service can pick up passengers if waved down on the street.
That being said, it’s not always Uber and Lyft drivers pretending to be taxis.
Police caught a random person who seems to drive around and pick up random people off the streets. Apparently, his driver’s license has been suspended for the last four years but he tells officers he found out two days prior to being stopped.
Watch the above video to see Stanley’s full report.
Uber reached out to KRON and wanted to clarify the following:
(We) want to clarify, on background, that Uber only works through the app. Street-hailing is an explicit violation of our terms of service and if (these) drivers are indeed partners with Uber, then they will be deactivated….All drivers undergo a local, state, and federal background check before getting onboarded. During the ride, all trips are GPS tracked and folks can share their trip details with their friends and family. This is the sort of transparency that technology enables. It is also important because the service is completely cashless. So riders and drivers don’t have to worry about carrying cash. After the ride, there is a two-way feedback system that allows us to have quality controls.
Uber added that “there are serious consequences for those drivers who break our terms of service.”