Uber Cab Golmaal: Driver Begins Trip Without Passenger!

Created: Jul 23, 2018, 14:00 IST | Updated: Jul 23, 2018, 14:56 IST

Mumbai: On July 19, city-based marketing professional Preshit Deorukhkar encountered a strange experience during his Uber ride with a driver named "P". At the time of booking his ride, Preshit did not see it coming, after the driver began the ride without even picking him up.

The driver began the ride, before even arriving at the pickup location in Malad West. The driver went onto reach North Mumbai, before taking a U-turn back into the city. Preshit tracked the ride all along and raised the issue with Uber Support, in a series of tweets:

@UberINSupport Hi, your 1-trip driver has started the trip without arriving at the location. His phone isn't reachable. What do I do? pic.twitter.com/L6tRT95gmI

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Now he is just aimlessly roaming around on the Link road. pic.twitter.com/ZcsY5pcQK6

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

@UberINSupport Also, how is "P" an acceptable driver name by your standards? pic.twitter.com/ku8N3Ts7tT

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Pickup was in Malad West. Driver has now reached the edge of north Mumbai. I'm assuming he has to dump something in the khaadi. pic.twitter.com/pG3QmAo6lg

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Umm... Did he just take the Gorai jetty to the other side? pic.twitter.com/eeIdoSBVLw

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Looks like he is going to medicate. Must've been a tiring day so far. ? pic.twitter.com/6dO8ziyqd6

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Or he is dumping a dead body sealed in the car deep in the mangroves, me thinks. pic.twitter.com/SBokjKaLkK

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Job done. He's on his way back to the city. Hopefully. pic.twitter.com/jJuoHByVoT

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

He is taking the longer, less scenic route back the city now. pic.twitter.com/uW1RogD6gL

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Whoops! Change of plans, he is turning back and heading to nowhere pic.twitter.com/LXtN3NFJdR

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

"P" has now stopped at Vailankani church. I hope he's going to confess his sins. pic.twitter.com/sEY546CzB9

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

P has whizzed past this now. pic.twitter.com/SNO3liL0A4

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

I guess we are headed back to the mangroves now. pic.twitter.com/ni3QnxBYkA

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

There's got to be some major stash buried here, right? Gold? Drugs? Arms and ammunition? pic.twitter.com/wkjUmYUgCE

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

He's stopped here for some reason. What role are the cops playing in this story ? pic.twitter.com/pgNdG5vXVn

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

He's on the highway now, towards the city. pic.twitter.com/YrnwlZXCet

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Oh crap! Looks like he's on to me. Trip cancelled. pic.twitter.com/7cEtYyOoEi

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

Ahahahahahahaha!

Rs. 857.43 for this ridiculous @Uber trip. pic.twitter.com/qlzc4hrbKD

— Preshit Deorukhkar (@preshit) July 19, 2018

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In the end, Uber's support system began the refund process for the Rs 857 he was charged. "Since it would be unfair to charge you for a ride you have not taken, I've refunded the full trip fare of INR 857.43 to your payment method, which will reflect in your account within the next 3-5 business days. Also, as your driver started the trip without you, I've gone ahead and made a note about this on the driver-partners profile," Uber support said.