'They will say, 'Well no we don't want you to do that,' but in fact the way that they handle all their bonuses and rewards, that’s exactly what they’re doing,' one driver said.
An Uber driver arrives at an address to pick up a passenger only to find out the person requesting the ride is a child alone.
Rather than encourage drivers to reject ride requests for children, current and former drivers told BuzzFeed News that Uber incentivizes them to accept all rides regardless of whether they're against the app's policies. Those incentives come in the form of bonus pay and surge pricing, and penalties for drivers who cancel or accept fewer rides.
"These guys are getting so desperate to make ends meet that they’ll literally pick up anybody," said Jonathan Cousar, forum manager forUber did not answer BuzzFeed News' questions about what it is doing to prevent people under 18 from creating accounts or parents from hailing rides for their kids, but drivers say it's been a problem for years and that despite their complaints the company hasn't made a real effort to fix it.
"If we do the right thing we'll surely get a one-star rating and that always weighs on our minds," he said. "They don't want to inhibit children from using the platform, very clearly," said Byrnes, who has repeatedly urged the company to adopt some kind of age verification process when riders create accounts."It's not that they can’t. They simply won't ... because they know they’ll take a significant drop in ridership.
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