The passenger had to drive your Uber when the driver fell asleep at the wheel

In India, a woman sat behind the wheel of a taxi and was compelled to go home after the driver started to fall asleep while driving and nearly staged accident.

28-year-old Tejaswini Divya Naik was going back home to Mumbai from Pune and decided to take a taxi Uber. Initially, all went as usual: it was an ordinary trip in a taxi, while Tejaswini not understand that the driver is unable to drive a vehicle. The man started to literally fall asleep at the wheel — over and over again falling into the second sleep.

«Just before we reached the highway, I noticed that the driver is sleepy.» says Tejaswini. «He fell asleep and shook my head to stay awake.»

Eventually, drowsiness took over: suddenly the man turned sharply left, veering into the oncoming traffic. Taxi almost faced with going towards a car — only accident saved the passenger from the disaster.

thanking god I’m alive right now and I wasn’t asleep when this happened & that I know how to drive.@Uber @Uber_Support @Uber_India I am seething with anger right now. how dare they drive if they’re not well rested? how dare they put anyone else’s life at risk?
part 1 #uber pic.twitter.com/lUUFXpHCQS

— tejaswinniethepooh (@teja_main_hoon_) February 21, 2020

Taking myself in hand, Tejaswini found that the driver had finally fallen asleep. She managed to quickly Wake the man who turned on the right lane, then Tejaswini tired convinced the driver to let her drive, and take them to the destination alive and unharmed.

Arriving home safely, the woman is not paid for the trip. She turned to the support service via Uber cozesti, and received the answer that the company will not be able to blurt compensation and to resolve the issue, you should contact the police.

At this point, the driver whose services have used the girl, suspended from work.

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