Originally Posted by
rjp123
I used UberBLACK a few times in HCMC in January 2015 and one of the trips was unusual to say the least.
The driver (in an SUV) decided to do a wide U-Turn because he passed the address and in the process t-boned a guy on a scooter, crushing the front of the guy's bike.
The driver just drove off (no stop to see if the scooter driver was ok), despite my yelling at him to stop and then took me to my destination (where I proceeded to get out quickly as he clearly was a dangerous driver). Upon receiving my receipt I also realized the driver took me on a bit of a "round-about" route - not nearly direct at all.
I reported this to Uber - I assume they dealt with the driver accordingly.
You probably won't like to hear this - but this isn't uncommon. The worry is not the bike - the worry is injury to the rider and your driver having to bear massive costs over the lifespan of the person he may have injured - regardless of justified injuries or not.
That is why you see the videos of people in China driving over people they have hit a number of times. In their mentality, a deceased person costs less to compensate.
This mindset is slowly changing.
The other thing that happens is that since he is clearly in the wrong, he's probably worried about being beaten up.