If you're in the dash cam making business (which you're not) then now, this very moment, may be your long-awaited shot to really stack your cash, since more and more Uber drivers are seemingly buying cams to save themselves from crappy reviews and absurd threats from the sometimes terrible people they have to drive around.
On Thursday Quartz published a piece that highlights this particular trend. In it are several anecdotes that could lead you to consider making the purchase yourself if you happen to be now (or in the future) stuck driving around the drunk and carless.
What type of anecdotes, you ask? Well here's the intro:
Late last year, Benjamin Golden, a former executive at Taco Bell, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for attacking an Uber driver. The incident took place at California’s Newport Beach in October 2015 and was captured in its entirety on driver Edward Caban’s dashboard camera. In the video, Caban pulls over and tells Golden, "I’m kicking you out man; you’re too drunk to give me directions." After a brief protest, Golden opens his door as though to leave, then lunges forward and strikes Caban repeatedly on the side of the head. "You piece of shit!" he yells, grabbing Caban’s hair and slamming his face toward the steering wheel.
There's also this:
"A male and two females entered my car and I started the ride. After 50 yards I noticed the girls in the back seat were holding plastic cups with alcohol!” one driver posted on uberpeople.net, a popular online forum, in late April. "I told them that’s illegal and kicked them out. The male got a little angry but ALL was recorded just in case he claims something different."
Also consider that, just a few hours ago, we published a story about a 16-year-old killing a driver with a machete.
Go ahead and read it the rest over at Quartz, if you're so inclined. And also do what you've got to do to protect yourself (provided it's legal).
