They prefer to hail a rider through transportation companies that have become so popular nowadays. Uber and Lyft are two of the most famous transportation companies that provide riders with specific phone applications to help their customers to reach their destination and origin safely.
Although Uber and Lyft are two similar transportation companies that supply a lot of safety conditions for their customers and riders.
It’s a difficult matter to choose which company is safer than the other. But Uber has created a professional application with some luxury services that make it better and safer than Lyft company. We will dive into more details about the safety of uber.
Uber application’s safety features:
Trusted contacts: you can choose your trusted contacts and share with them your trips, your departure, and arrival time.
Emergency Assistance: if you feel uncomfortable during the ride you can call the local emergency system directly by using the application.
Screenings of the drivers: before accepting a ride, all drivers without exception must give all the information about themselves to make sure that they are good people to work with.
Vehicle Inspection: to make sure that the vehicle is safe to drive and to make riders arrive peacefully each vehicle must pass an annual inspection to confirm this matter.
General similarities between uber and Lyft:
Both Uber and Lyft are online applications that depend on using mobile devices and internet connection. These two applications can be downloaded on iOS and Android devices. They both rely on the same way of working. Riders ask for a driver through the app, they wait for him and they sit in the car to reach their destination for an amount of money. Also, the uber and Lyft transportation companies offer a different set of services such as the economy and premium rides.
Similarities of safety between uber and Lyft:
Uber and Lyft both obligate drivers to write their checks and information such as the name, age, and many other data on the application so that the riders know with whom they are going on this trip.
At the same time, Uber and Lyft show the driver the name of the rider in a way that riders can check the driver and ask him about their names to be sure that he is legitimate or not.
By using the application of these two transportation companies you can find panic buttons inside the app. To illustrate when you feel uncomfortable, scared, and unsafe you can click on these buttons to call 911 which means the local emergency system.
In both applications, riders can share the details of their trips with their beloved ones and people they trust.
By sharing this information with their family members and friends, they will make these people know the time of their departure and arrival time so they will be waiting for them to arrive safely.
Differences in safety between uber and Lyft:
The Uber application is created in a professional way that makes it safer than Lyft. The feature of emergency assistance is calling 911 in any emergency that happens with the riders. By using the Uber application riders can call 911 directly from the application.
However, by using the Lyft application, riders should go to the safety center of the application to contact 911.
The Uber application has an important feature which is called “Ride check”. This feature is provided to protect each rider during his trip from one place to another one. It relies on GPS to check if the driver is following the right road directions.
If the driver is following another direction for any reason, responsible persons at uber will contact the riders to check if they are okay or if a problem happened with them. But the Lyft application is planning to develop a similar feature in the future.
This feature makes the Lyft application notice if the driver has stopped at any place before reaching the right destination. In case this happens, the Lyft application will contact the riders.
So, we can say that the uber application created and worked on this feature before the Lyft application.
Safety of using Uber and Lyft for women:
In these two transportation companies, all people can face in rare situations some problems and attacks because in every company there are a few people that don’t respect the laws and do bad things even if the company was so legitimate and responsible.
When we talk about difficulties while using uber and Lyft we are talking about women especially because they are the most individuals that face these issues like rape. According to the, a girl aged 13 years was raped by the driver of uber in Seattle in the year 2021.
She was alone while going from his father’s house to her mother’s. Also, a lot of people have did a lawsuit against Lyft company because of attacks, rape, and harassment. As a result, in both uber and Lyft people are exposed to difficulties and issues.
What are the tips that will protect your life while using transportation companies like Uber and Lyft?
Wait inside your place until you see on the application that the driver has arrived.
Ask your driver about your name to make sure he is working legitimately using the application.
Check the photo of the driver, the model of the car, and the license plate.
Leave enough space between you and the driver by sitting in the back seat.
Share your trip details with someone you trust.
Give your precise and correct feedback after each ride and write if you are satisfied or not.
Conclusion
To sum up, uber and Lyft are both helpful transportation companies that try to facilitate the life of people. It’s not easy to decide which application is better and safer than the other but you can try them both with someone from your family or friends and choose after the experience which application was more comfortable and secure for you.
Frequently asked questions:
Is Uber or Lyft a cheaper ride company?
Uber is cheaper than Lyft for example an average trip costs only 20$ while using Uber but it costs 27$ while using Lyft automobiles.
What is the payment method for Uber?
To pay for the ride you need to use one of the available payment methods that are all through the application such as credit card, debit card, apple pay, vouchers, gift cards, and cash methods are accepted.
How to ask for an uber?
The first step after downloading the application is to click on “choose to pick up location” via GPS. You can change the location and write your destination address.
The next step is to click on “request UberX”.
