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Uber rider hit with $600 bill after being stuck on Virginia's I-95 during winter storm
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:30 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:30 am
Sucks to suck.
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Thousands of people had a terrible experience being trapped on icy roads on Interstate 95 in Virginia this week, but how many of them had insult added to injury?
Andrew Peters, from Richmond, Virginia, not only got stranded on the highway but was also hit with a massive Uber bill.
“I was coming in from San Francisco and didn’t really realize what was going on here,” Peters told WTOP, explaining that he hopped in an Uber bound for Richmond after landing at Dulles International Airport.
His Uber driver apparently did not realize the severity of the situation either, because the driver went on the highway and got stuck in the traffic disaster.
“It was kind of scary,” Peters said. “We didn’t have any food or water.”
Peters made it home after nine hours and paid a $200 Uber bill. However, Peters said Uber then tacked on $400 in additional charges, raising his bill to $600 in total.
“I’m still trying to find somebody to talk to understand why they feel like they could charge me this,” said Peters.
According to Uber’s website, “heavy traffic may cause your trip to take longer than expected and to compensate your driver for the additional time, your fare may change.”
Peters is disputing the additional charge.
“I’ll probably be banned from Uber but, you know, whatever,” Peters said.
The interstate fully reopened Tuesday night after more than a day of blockage, which caused havoc for thousands of commuters, including Sen. Tim Kaine, who were trapped on the roadway in the Stafford County area following Monday’s snowstorm that led to multiple crashes on I-95.
Vehicles were at a standstill, some for 24 hours, shutting off their engines in frigid weather to conserve dwindling fuel, many with little to no food or water.
Gov. Ralph Northam said that rain falling before the storm would have washed away any chemicals or salt used to pretreat the roads.
“First we had rain, which meant that we couldn’t adequately pretreat the roads. Then we had slushy snow that fell a lot faster than our snow plows could move it,” Northam said. “And then, as night fell, the temperatures dropped below freezing. All those together created the perfect storm for what happened on I-95.”
In response to questions about why Virginia’s National Guard had not been called, Northam said the Guard had received no requests from localities along I-95. He also said deploying the Guard wouldn’t have been an “immediate solution” to the crisis.
“Remember that our Guard members have day jobs. In fact, as you all remember last Jan. 6, we sent the National Guard to help at the Capitol after the insurrection, but it was the next day before they were able to arrive,” Northam said.
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:50 am to RollTide1987
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Peters made it home after nine hours and paid a $200 Uber bill.
Fair I guess
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Peters said Uber then tacked on $400 in additional charges, raising his bill to $600 in total.
Credit Card Dispute
Posted on 1/6/22 at 5:09 am to RollTide1987
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Remember that our Guard members have day jobs. In fact, as you all remember last Jan. 6, we sent the National Guard to help at the Capitol after the insurrection, but it was the next day before they were able to arrive,” Northam said.
I get what they’re saying here, but what an odd thing to bring up.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 6:47 am to 0x15E
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what an odd thing to bring up.
Are you feigning confusion to start a Trump supporter triggering or do you really not understand why the Governor would support his assertion about the national guards response time with a recent and very well known example?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 6:54 am to RollTide1987
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First we had rain, which meant that we couldn’t adequately pretreat the roads. Then we had slushy snow that fell a lot faster than our snow plows could move it,” Northam said. “And then, as night fell, the temperatures dropped below freezing.
Amazing how this order of weather events has never occurred before since the invention of the automobile.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:42 am to RollTide1987
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Northam said the Guard had received no requests from localities along I-95. He also said deploying the Guard wouldn’t have been an “immediate solution” to the crisis. “Remember that our Guard members have day jobs. In fact, as you all remember last Jan. 6, we sent the National Guard to help at the Capitol after the insurrection, but it was the next day before they were able to arrive,” Northam said.
He just couldn’t help himself. Had to throw in a Jan 6th reference .
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:45 am to 0x15E
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Remember that our Guard members have day jobs. In fact, as you all remember last Jan. 6, we sent the National Guard to help at the Capitol after the insurrection, but it was the next day before they were able to arrive,” Northam said.
I get what they’re saying here, but what an odd thing to bring up.
Never miss an opportunity to bring up the “insurrection.”
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:47 am to RollTide1987
Why would you take an Uber from DC to Richmond in the first place? Amtrak is $18 and isn't as badly impacted by weather.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:49 am to RollTide1987
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“I was coming in from San Francisco and didn’t really realize what was going on here,”
Sucks to suck. Go back to your rat hole.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:50 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Why would you take an Uber from DC to Richmond in the first place? Amtrak is $18 and isn't as badly impacted by weather.
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I was coming in from San Francisco
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:55 am to tiggerthetooth
He was likely at Dulles which you have to take a BUS to DC. I did it one time to go to Udvar-Hazy.
There is NO direct train to Richmond from Dulles.
A normal person looking At their app would likely Uber too.
There is NO direct train to Richmond from Dulles.
A normal person looking At their app would likely Uber too.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 7:56 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:20 am to RollTide1987
If Uber were a stand up company, they would not charge the customer any more than normal rate and compensate the driver out of their pocket.
Not much stand up about any businesses these days though.
Not much stand up about any businesses these days though.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:24 am to brass2mouth
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Never miss an opportunity to bring up the “insurrection.”
It’s a massive event for the liberal mind. Liberals require dramatic events to overcome and causes to fight for. It’s why Covid is still treated as if its the Black Death, why they believe Jim Crow is still in effect, why they’ve latched on to global warming and entirely disregard all other environmental problems, and why a bunch of unarmed larpers goofing around taking selfies are remembered as violent insurrectionists. Liberals pat themselves on the back for surviving that traumatic violence.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:26 am to bbarras85
Uber reimbursed him after he disputed it and apologized, but yes still shitty.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:29 am to RollTide1987
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“Remember that our Guard members have day jobs. In fact, as you all remember last Jan. 6, we sent the National Guard to help at the Capitol after the insurrection, but it was the next day before they were able to arrive,” Northam said.
The “insurrection” was such a threat to our democracy that the National Guard could wait until the next day to provide relief????
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:21 am to doubleb
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The “insurrection” was such a threat to our democracy that the National Guard could wait until the next day to provide relief????
Right? I’ve seen school kids on field trip more rowdy
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:30 am to RollTide1987
Uber sucks. I somehow was getting charged for their $24.99/mo. plan whilst never having signed up for it. I just now got a charge they said I owed off my account (and this was AFTER disputing two other charges over a year ago from October 2020). Was potentially going to use Uber NYE and saw that it said I owed $24.99 (I had already removed my credit card from the app long before). It appears gone now but I do not trust Uber/their app. I try to go Lyft now.
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