Woman's Emotional Rideshare Experience

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‘Very unsettling’: Customers say rideshare drivers in Ontario improperly charging | Globalnews.ca

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A viral video of a woman being threatened to cancel her ride was posted on TikTok .

The woman said she was stranded in Toronto for 45 minutes after booking a ride to Whitby , where she was asked for money from a Lyft driver, which she denied, resulting in her ride being cancelled.

In the video, she explains how this was the second time in a row that a driver had asked her for money for a long-distance trip.

Rideshare apps like Lyft and Uber have location sharing and tracking measures built into their apps.

While Lyft and Uber’s policies strictly prohibit cash exchanges and encourage users to report violations, many question if enough is being done to address these incidents. “It is very unsettling,” said the original woman in the video..

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