(WWJ) – Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft do a couple things: they make it easy for people to get around, and they make the roads safer, often bringing people home from the bars instead of driving drunk.
But this month alone, three rideshare drivers have been attacked while picking up phony riders in Detroit, highlighting a stark fact about rideshares: it's getting into a car with a stranger. There have been several violent rideshare incidents in the past, including a young woman who was killed by a person posing as an Uber driver in South Carolina, leading to legislation passed last month.
WWJ’s Zach Clark learns on a new Daily J what’s being done, or not being done, to keep Uber and Lyft riders – and drivers – safe.
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