[NAGDU] Uber and NAGDU

[Lisie Foster]

I've been thinking about using Uber, though I haven't yet tried it. I wanted to ask others' opinions on something. How well-screened and how safe are Uber drivers? 

If I was going to be with a group, I wouldn't worry. But, the thought of getting into a stranger's car alone, except for my big Gold dog, makes me nervous.

Have there ever been any problems with Uber under similar circumstances? Would an access challenge be more likely? How do I know the driver is safe?

Thank you!

Lisie and the BIG Gold Dog
lisiefoster at yahoo.com
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> On Jun 28, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Raul A. Gallegos via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi there. My girlfriends dog is 26 inches at the shoulder and weighs 85 pounds. When I get my dog later this year I have a feeling he might be close to the same size although I am hoping he will be at least in the 70s. So with one of these cars that seat for people if you have two people with two guide dogs that's going to make it a very tight right. As I said in the prior message, sometimes you have to be stereotype model thin in order to comfortably fit three or four people in some of the smaller so-called four passenger size cars. I agree with another person's message in this thread that sometimes taking off the harness will make things easier for the dog to curl around. What I am afraid of is that if the driver is already making an issue of the dog being there, I would not want to give the driver any cause or reason that the dog was not "officially their".
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