2023-10-10 15:20:09
The woman was hitchhiking but the driver deliberately took a detour, which made her very helpless at the time. (Image/Pixabay)
A woman from Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, mainland China, took a taxi booked online (hereinfollowing referred to as online taxi) on the 4th to go to Huadu District, 27 kilometers away. to destination. Although she questioned the driver’s detour on the way, she was angrily accused of “walking without looking at the navigation.” Later, considering her personal safety, she did not continue the argument, but waited until she got off the car before reporting the driver. Afterwards, the online ride-hailing platform promised to refund the price difference, compensate RMB 200 (approximately NT$880), and also remove the driver’s passenger-carrying authority.
According to local media reports, the woman said she wanted to take an online ride-hailing ride from Baiyun District to her uncle’s house in Huadu District to celebrate her birthday, but following getting on the bus, she discovered that the two places, which are usually 27 kilometers apart, only take more than 40 minutes to drive. It had not arrived for many hours. She checked the map navigation and found out that she was being taken out of Guangzhou to the far away city of Qingyuan. Since she was still 32 kilometers away from her destination, she immediately asked the driver if he had taken a detour on purpose, but was told by He retorted, “I’m a local, I know the roads better than you, and I can walk without looking at the navigation.”
The woman noticed that the driver had taken a detour and immediately asked the driver, but was angrily scolded that she would go without looking at the navigation. (Picture/reproduced from The Paper)
The woman revealed that since she was only with her mother and daughter, she took their safety into consideration and did not continue to argue with the driver. After arriving at her destination, she paid 217 yuan (approximately NT$995) before reporting the driver. At this time, she found that 2 people had already taken the bus. hours, covering a total of more than 100 kilometers.
The woman exposed the ride details, which showed that the driver traveled 100 kilometers to the destination out of the original 27 kilometers. (Picture/reproduced from Weibo/Xing Video)
Afterwards, the online ride-hailing platform said it would refund the price difference, compensate RMB 200 (approximately NT$880), and ban the driver’s permission to carry passengers. However, the woman believed that the matter had nothing to do with compensation, but the personal safety of the passengers.
1697033622
#driver #furious #suspected #detour #walk #navigation #female #passenger #dumbfounded #reported #drove #kilometers #International #CTWANT
