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Be Careful Of Unsafe, Uninsured Vehicles and hidden Fees

There are a number of popular services in the transportation industry such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. These services, introduced not too long ago, are doing their best to rip people off. The worst part is that they aren’t really held responsible in case of a mishap or any accident. Here are some ways these companies are failing to protect their customers:

You Don’t Even Know The Driver

When an Uber/Lyft driver picks you and a couple of other people up who want to head in the same direction, you neither know the driver nor the other passengers. Think of the risks, first of all you are being transported by a driver who has a different profession during the day and he isn’t technically an employee of the company. You just met the driver and the other passengers through a simple smart phone app and are now exposed to a number of possible threats.

You Don’t Even Know If The Driver Is Insured

One of the biggest drawbacks of these companies is that their drivers do not have proper insurance required to transport passengers around. This shows how easy going these companies are; if they don’t even keep a check on their driver’s insurance, they most certainly don’t do background checks on the drivers. This means the driver could be anyone, even a criminal by day and a driver by night.

How Many Transportation Companies Are Ripping People Off!Customer Support Is Absent

Another huge drawback to such companies is the lack of customer support. If you are travelling and you face problems like time delays or you feel the car doesn’t come up to the hygienic standards, you have no one to complain to!

In worst case scenarios where customers experienced drunk or aggressive drivers, they didn’t have a company phone number to call and report the driver. These companies are merely phone applications and regard themselves as third parties between the drivers and the passengers. There is no accountability, and the drivers know that they are not answerable to the company.

Hidden Charges

Controversy lingers through all the operations of these companies. Another shady aspect is they surge their prices on holidays, if weather is bad or during rush hours. This shows if someone needs a ride during bad weather or traffic, they take advantage of the situation and surge their prices. These ride sharing companies claim that they don’t charge tips at all. According to our analyses and comparisons, they charge a lot.

Now when they are actually not holding responsibility for being the core of these operations, the strange thing is that all payments are processed through these companies and they pay the drivers after making deductions. Added to that, the drivers ask you for a tip in hard cash as well.

Our Services

How Many Transportation Companies Are Ripping People Off!Compared to these services like Uber, Lyft or Sidecar, if you opt to go for Safe Rides, you would experience yourself what travelling with a registered, well reputed transportation service feels like. First of all, we don’t increase our prices in any condition; we are a non-profit organization and  making money is not our primary objective. As a matter of fact, during busy hours and holidays unlike all other ride sharing companies, we decrease our prices so that more people can benefit from our services and help us make roads safer.

SafeRides.org is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization and our primary aim has always been to offer people the lowest rate possible in fully licensed, insured and State inspected vehicles driven by State vetted professional drivers ; making sure our customers are fully covered in case of any mishap or accident.  We stands behind every ride booked through the website SafeRides.org. We provide top notch customer support and seamless coordination with our customers. Holding a computer software application responsible for mishaps and accidents is not our deal, we are legit.

When travelling with us you don’t have to worry about your safety, we guarantee it without comprising on quality.

Visit our website SafeRides.org or call us at 888-656-7233 for more information.

How Some Transportation Companies Are Ripping People Off!

There are a number of popular transportation services in the industry such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. These services, introduced not too long ago, are doing their best to rip people off. The worst part is that they aren’t really held responsible in case of a mishap or any accident. Here are some ways these companies are failing to protect their customers:

You Don’t Even Know The Driver

When an Uber driver picks you and a couple of other people up who want to head in the same direction, you neither know the driver nor the other passengers. Think of the risks, first of all you are being transported by a driver who has a different profession during the day and he isn’t technically an employee of the company. You just met the driver and the other passengers through a simple smart phone app and are now exposed to a number of possible threats.

You Don’t Even Know If The Driver Is Insured

One of the biggest drawbacks of these companies is that they don’t even check driver insurance, or the insurance required to transport passengers around. This shows how easy going these companies are; if they don’t even keep a check on their driver’s insurance, they most certainly don’t do background checks on the drivers. This means the driver could be anyone, even a criminal by day and a driver by night.

Customer Support Is Absent

Another huge drawback to such companies is the lack of customer support. If you are travelling and you face problems like time delays or you feel the car doesn’t come up to the hygienic standards, you have no one to complain to!

In worst case scenarios where customers experienced drunk or aggressive drivers, they didn’t have a company phone number to call and report the driver. These companies are merely phone applications and regard themselves as third parties between the drivers and the passengers. There is no accountability, and the drivers know that they are not answerable to the company.

Hidden Charges

Controversy lingers through all the operations of these companies. Another shady aspect is their claims that they don’t charge tips at all. According to our analyses and comparisons, they charge a lot. The payments are made through the phone of the person, from which the booking is made and they call it a ‘donation’.

Now when they are actually not holding responsibility for being the core of these operations, the strange thing is that all payments are processed through these companies and they pay the drivers after making deductions. Added to that, the drivers ask you for a tip in hard cash as well.

Our Services

Compared to these services like Uber, Lyft or Sidecar, if you opt to go for Safe Rides, you would experience yourself what travelling with a registered, well reputed transportation service feels like. First of all, we don’t charge you extra, as making money is not our primary objective.

We started as a 501 (c) (3) charity organization and our primary aim has always been to reduce drunken or distracted driving incidents. Holding a computer software application responsible for mishaps and accidents is not our deal, we are legit, and we provide customer support and seamless coordination with our customers.

When travelling with us you don’t have to worry about your safety, we guarantee it, that too without comprising on quality.

If you need to make a booking, visit our website or call us at 888-656-7233 for more information.

How Many Transportation Companies Are Ripping People Off!

Transportation Services And Our Solutions

Lisa Jason just began her senior year of high school in the fall of 2011. She was a scholarship holder, an excellent chess player and one of those girls everybody wanted to be around.

But on June 2nd, few days before her birthday, fate had something else planned for her. Some of her friends had planned out a party for the night; with her car broken down she was confused as to how to get to her friend’s place. She had heard of many of the transportation services going around and that how easily she could share a ride with some people.

After downloading an app, she made an appointment for a driver to pick her up, with two other people going in the same direction. At 7pm she saw a jet black car rolling into her drive way. It was the driver appointed to her for the night.

Once she got in the car, she could feel the stench of alcohol coming from the driver’s seat.  The driver picked up two other people from around the block and Lisa got along with them well. All of them were now silently discussing that the driver is drunk and what should they do about it.

They were in the midst of their discussion when they suddenly saw the driver pass out, and he stepped on the gas. They tried to wake him up, but it was too late, the car went up to 80 miles an hour where the limit was 30. It ran down a water hydrant and slammed front first in to a pedestrian. The pedestrian, Aaron, 31, died on the spot and Lisa along with the other two passengers quickly jumped out of the car and called 911.

Why Did This Happen?

There are a lot of new transportation services going around. These services work around a simple smart phone application which connects people in need of transportation to unknown drivers. These drivers work as musicians, chefs or other professions by day and to earn a little something extra, they work as uncertified drivers in the night. This heightens the probability that the drivers would be drunk, unskilled and they are more than often, found under influence of drugs.

How To Avoid Getting In To Such A Situation?

At Safe Rides, we don’t rely on a computer algorithm for the safety of our passengers. We believe in giving our passengers a practical approach towards transportation services for parties and other events. As we are a 501 (c) (3) charity organization, we have skilled and trained drivers.

Sharing a ride with unknown people and using the services of unknown drivers have countless risks to them. Especially if you are drunk or the driver is.

If you are going to a party where there is alcohol and you know that driving home isn’t really a good choice, you can book for our safe, fun and affordable services. We have connections with limo companies that have a large number of vehicles, and given the huge volume we carry out our business in, we are able to get limos at highly affordable rates.

If you want to make a booking, call us or simply visit our website www.saferides.org.

Reality Behind Popular Transportation Services And Why We Are Better!

A number of transportation companies are functioning around a simple smart phone app. This smart phone app is designed to connect people who want transportation services with random drivers who have cars and in return passengers are required to pay a so called hefty ‘compensation’ or ‘donation’ for availing these services.

However, the method around which these services work is controversial. Would you like getting a ride to a party with a driver you barely know or you can trust?

Reality Behind These Transportation Services!

  • Most of the transportation companies currently operating have broken multiple laws a number of times.
  • They have been issued cease and desist orders from the authorities in the past.
  • They work on a complex mobile phone app which functions around connecting you with unknown drivers who aren’t technically employees.
  • They charge a lot! Large sums of money!
  • Most of the drivers don’t really have insurance policies in case of accidents and mishaps!
  • People have been killed in accidents by the drivers of these companies themselves.
  • There have been a number of sexual harassment incidents as well with people using the services of these cars.
  • These companies don’t really hold responsibility if something goes wrong!

How Can You Land In To Trouble?

If you want transportation services to and from a party, would you consider the services of a random driver? What if you were drunk?

  • If you are drunk, an unknown driver would get you in trouble in a lot of ways.
  • As your senses are impaired, you are more prone to getting robbed.
  • Sexual harassment and sexual assault cases are common with such drivers.
  • If the driver lands in to an accident, you will have to face the consequences as well.
  • Sharing a ride isn’t really preferable, especially with unknown and untrustworthy passengers and drivers.
  • You could end up paying a large, unexpected amount of money.

Why Safe Rides?

Opposite to how these controversial companies operate, we operate through website reservations or you can simply give us a call. As we are a charity organization, registered, you can feel safe with us; all our drivers are skilled enough.

Our main aim is to minimize drunken driving incidents and distracted driving incidents; your safety is our priority. Fortunately, we have been able to fulfill that promise and have saved almost 20,000 people from drunken driving.

Opposite to the limited collection of vehicles other services offer, we have connections with above 60 metropolitan limo companies with almost 2500 cars available. We believe in a more practical approach, we are not a group of computer programmers running a company through software applications, neither do we charge extra. In fact, our solid connections with limo companies help us to get really low rates and we pass on that rate to our customers.

We make your experience as fun and entertaining as possible by providing you luxury cars and excellent timely services. Your safety is our priority and we simply can’t hold a computer algorithm responsible for it!

To book an affordable, fun and safe ride, call us now at 888-656-7233 or visit our website www.saferides.org.