Rideshare – All about car

In this file photo, mechanic Antonio Ramos works on a car at San Rafael Firestone January 5, 2009 in San Rafael, California.Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Approximately one out of every six vehicles signed up for Uber and Lyft “carry unaddressed safety defects,” suggests a Consumer Reports review of data from Seattle and New York City. Uber and Lyft are letting down their customers and jeopardizing their trust, said CR safety policy advocate William Wallace. Uber’s website says people can ride with confidence,’ while Lyft promises peace of mind,’ yet both companies fail to ensure that rideshare cars are free from safety defects that could put passengers at risk. CR looked at information on nearly 94,000 vehicles registered to Lyft and Uber in the two metropolitan areas. Among the vehicles noted was a 2011 Hyundai Sonata GLS with a total of eight unaddressed safety recalls, including possible seat-belt issues and engine failure. In other vehicles, CR’s researchers found issues like “deadly Takata airbags that could hurt or kill the driver or front-seat passengers.” It’s worth noting this seemingly high 1-in-6 rate of open recalls is around the same for all vehicles in the U.S. There are plenty of ordinary people who just don’t want to repair their cars, even when they should. Over 100 million people use the two popular ride-hailing apps as a regular way to get around, and according to CR, neither one has a clear policy when it comes to addressing open recalls.
Origin: Over 15 per cent of rideshare vehicles may have open recalls, CR finds

2018 Toyota Corolla iMCosta Mouzouris The back seats of taxis and vehicles booked via rideshare apps like Uber and Lyft are, on average, much ickier than your average toilet seat, according to tests conducted by insurance aggregator website Netquote. The tests focused on three areas: the window buttons; door handles; and seatbelt of three randomly chosen taxis, and three randomly chosen rideshare vehicles, Autoblog reports. They also swabbed the seatbelts, steering wheel and gearshift of three rental cars. These spots were chosen because they are the most-touched points in most cars. The grossness of the results of the test is measured in CFU numbers, which stands for colony-forming units. A typical toilet seat has around 171 CFU per square inch. The amount of germs isn’t actually as big a deal as how bad the individual germ can be; however, the more germs, the greater the possibility one of those pretty bad ones is in the mix. On the scale, the tests showed taxis netted an average CFU of 27,000 per square inch, with the worst offender areas being the seatbelts, followed by the door handles and window buttons. Rental cars are much worse for wear, somehow. The steering wheel and gear lever get the worst of it, with over 1 million CFU per square inch, while the seatbelts remain almost unscathed, with only 403 CFU per square inch. You would think the vehicles would be hosed down after some filthy bum has returned it after 1,000 km, but nope. The rental cars aren’t as bad as the rideshare vehicles, however. With people constantly jumping in and out of them from various venues, it really isn’t a surprise that the seatbelts and window controls scored over 5 million CFU per square inch. Somehow, the door handles remained cleaner at 1,810 CFU per square inch. So maybe next time you ride in an Uber, wear a hazmat suit. That’s the only logical thing to
Origin: Report: Rideshare vehicles’ back seats are dirtier than your toilet