This is why Uber is great. INSANE crap like this never happened with taxis where the drivers had to be licensed and responsible. 20-year-old Juan Carlos of the Bronx, New York got an Uber in Philadelphia on Saturday, and his driver was a guy named Corey Robinson. Juan had Corey take him 200 MILES to central New York.
Corey eventually got too tired, so he asked Juan to drive his car while he took a nap. And when he woke up, Juan was doing 86 miles-an-hour, because he’d gotten into a POLICE CHASE.
Apparently the cops tried to pull him over and he didn’t want to stop, so he took off. The chase finally ended when he crashed the car. He and Corey both wound up with minor injuries.
He was charged with fleeing police and driving without a license. Corey was arrested initially, but got released. Uber says he’s been suspended while they investigate.
(Here’s Juan’s mugshot.)
