That passenger, surely, isn’t alone. You’ve had those moments when you just either want music inside the Uber or Lyft car turned on or turned off. You couldn’t blame your mood.
However, this passenger faced an odd situation when their Uber driver in Dallas suddenly phoned 9-1-1 just because they were asked to play music during the ride.
The passenger, Jamil Fullman, took to TikTok to share clips of the video where he caught the driver calling the emergency number. The video went viral with around 700,000 views.
Fullman narrated that he and his friend were heading towards the State Fair of Texas, and for them to relax during the ride, he asked the driver to play music through her Bluetooth. The female driver declined, citing simply that she didn’t want to connect a device while driving.
The passenger was persistent. When the car came to a standstill amidst traffic, he requested again for music to be played, but this time, suggesting she turn on the radio and connect the phone.
That’s when the conflict started. All of a sudden, the driver claimed she felt unsafe, and therefore, called 911.
“I’m not comfortable. I will pull over, you cancel the ride,” Fullman told ridesharing media, echoing what the driver was saying. “I’m gonna call the cops because I’m scared. My whole body is shaking. The way you guys are, like, forcing me.”
“I apologize if I offended you,” Fullman told the driver. The passenger added in his narrative that he was sure the driver wasn’t upset or anything.
“My whole body is shaking. No, I’m not gonna take you to the destination. What if you guys might hurt me? I’m not comfortable,” the female driver responded.
The passenger found himself in a weird but serious situation. He just asked the driver to pull over, so he and his friend could get out of the ride. Instead, the driver insisted on calling and speaking with 911, even placing the dispatcher on the megaphone.
“He is asking me to play music while I’m driving on the highway, and I explained many times that, ‘sir, I cannot; this is dangerous,’” the driver reportedly told the emergency number’s dispatcher. “I don’t know, ma’am. I don’t feel safe. I just want you to stay with me until I drop him.”
Eventually, the driver agreed to pull over, allowing Fullman and his friend to disembark from the car.
The odd and grim connection between these emergency numbers and ridesharing or food delivery apps is being seen lately. You could remember Ridesharing Forum reported about a customer calling 911 after finding out that the delivery rider did not bring the food they ordered to their doorstep.
By the way, the passenger who was complaining is a Black-American.
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