Saw this earlier today, but didn't realise it would kick off like this - it's on the Scottish Sun's website was well.
Thought it smelt a bit off - seemed to be complaining about route taken, but only charged £7.70 for 4.4 mile trip? And original stuff read like it was a card job, but now seems she threw a tenner at the drive on her way out of the cab (which seems odd given that she claimed to have had to "jump out of the moving car and run".
No mention that it was a two-drop run either
Network Private Hire hit back at claims driver tried to take advantage of passenger
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/176 ... passenger/
A GLASGOW private hire company has slammed a viral social media post that suggested a driver tried to take advantage of a drunk woman passenger.
Network Private Hire Glasgow said “we are living in an age of trial by social media,” adding that the matter “has been fully investigated.”
The company’s statement comes hours after a young woman in the city shared a post that gathered around 8,000 reactions online in just 20 hours.
In the post addressed to “girls in Glasgow,” the woman wrote: “Do NOT get in the taxi if this man is your driver. I have reported him but just in case he is still out there (Glasgow Network Cars)."
Giving more detail, she said: “Last night, I used Network Cars in Glasgow to order a taxi. I dropped my friend off on the way home and then, as he was driving, he realised I was drunk so drove the opposite way to my flat. When I realised this, he said, ‘No, I will drive you down this road to...Street’ when I had already told him three times where I lived.
"I shouted at him to stop the car because I could see on his sat nav we were not going to my flat. He did not stop the car and continued to drive. I had to throw the door open and he would still not stop driving so I had to jump out the car and run, even though he was still shouting and laughing as I ran.
“When my girlfriend came home, she checked my emailed receipt and it shows he drove 4.4 MILES!! And only charged my £7.70, therefore, he stopped the metre halfway through the journey. It is a 2.5 mile journey at the very very most and must have been circling for about 20 minutes around Bridgeton.”
The woman then posted screenshots of her in-app booking, which contained the driver’s details, and her email receipt.
After saying it would look into the incident, Network Private Hire has now issued a statement to say the matter has been looked into and closed.
The statement slammed the allegations made against the driver, and said: “We are living in an age of trial by social media and, contrary to the innuendo contained within a post on social media, the matter has been fully investigated.
“This includes interviewing the driver, checking the booking that the customer made on their own via the app and the GPS vehicle tracking.
“The driver unreservedly denies the allegation and was asked to drop the booker’s acquaintance at an address in the Townhead area (this was not contained in the original booking). The driver duly obliged. He then continued via the correct route to the customer’s address that they had booked. This can be verified via GPS vehicle tracking on our system.
“The passenger asked the driver to stop and the driver stated that they were not at the destination on screen. The driver then stopped the vehicle approximately a couple of hundred yards from the desired address. The customer then threw £10 at the driver and left the vehicle. The driver tried to alert the customer that the fare was only £7.70, including the other drop, and was ignored. As suggested by the person making the post, the driver believes there was an element of intoxication involved.
“This driver is nearly 70-years-old, holds a Disclosure Scotland PVG certificate and, in his 15-plus years’ experience, holds an impeccable record. He is extremely concerned that he will now be subject to undue abuse of violence given the post contains his name and photograph.”
The Evening Times attempted to reach the woman who wrote the social media post, but she did not respond.
