
Samuel Jones
2 days agoRICHARD DAVIS, A DEVOTED GRANDFATHER, FATHER & HUSBAND, WAS WATCHING THE NEWS ONE EVENING AND SAW THE HORRIFYING STORY ABOUT A RIDESHARE DRIVER FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHO HAD BEEN VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BY ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS. IMMEDIATELY, HIS THOUGHTS WENT TO HIS DAUGHTERS, WHO HAD RECENTLY JOINED THE MILLIONS OF OTHERS IN THE RIDESHARE BUSINESS. IT WAS THEN, AT THAT MOMENT, OUT OF THE FEAR FOR BOTH HIS DAUGHTERS’ SAFETY, THAT HE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY PROTECT, NOT ONLY HIS DAUGHTERS, BUT THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MILLIONS OF OTHER CONCERNED PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS AROUND THE GLOBE WHO WAITED EACH NIGHT FOR THEIR LOVED ONES TO COME HOME FROM UBERING. HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, “WHAT IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF PROTECTION, SOME SORT OF SHIELD THAT WAS EASY TO INSERT & REMOVE AND PLACED BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SECONDS, EVEN MINUTES TO CALL THE POLICE OR BLOCK A POTENTIAL BLOW TO THE HEAD. THERE IT WAS THE IDEA OF THE SAFETY PARTITION, AN EASILY INSERT ABLE AND REMOVABLE SHIELD THAT COULD SERVE AS A DETERRENT FROM POTENTIAL ATTACKS. THIS SAFETY SHIELD, RICHARD THOUGHT, COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN MANY LIVES, BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS ALIKE.

Nicholas cannat
@nicholas-cannat-w6wa6a2 days ago
Sounds great but unfortunately 99% of Uber drivers are newbies because turnover is high because the pay and the job sucks.
Usually 50-70% of drivers quit annually once they figure out all they have been doing 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, is just trade vehicle equity miles in for cash, greatly depreciating their vehicle.
So who's going to buy these partitions which will be expensive because each model of car is different?
And will it be bullet proof and cost less than a pack of smokes and a red bull because Uber drivers are a bunch of broke dicks.
No market for them and it interferes with seat recling etc. especially when many drivers sleep in their cars unable to afford rent.
And what's stopping the crook from shooting the driver though his driver side window?
Oh wait, now we need armoured glass all around the car too. And bullet proof doors.
Now your adding on an additional $60,000 and 500 lbs to a $20,000 p.o.s. Prius. 😂
Nice thought though.
Welcome to the boards by the way. 😂