BENGALURU: Tuesday’s incident has prompted a number of girls passengers to recount their related experiences. Many who TOI spoke with mentioned drivers have been exceptionally impolite to them and continuously demand extra cash.
“Three months in the past, round 10pm, I used to be going from Koramangala to Marathahalli for which I booked an auto. After reaching the underpass in Marathahalli, he began complaining about how unhealthy the site visitors was, and it lasted greater than quarter-hour.After that, he requested me to get down, saying it was an excessive amount of site visitors and I needed to pay an additional Rs 50 to Rs 100 if I wished to proceed my journey, which I refused,” a 27-year-old working skilled mentioned.
“He started yelling repeatedly and it reached a stage the place I had no alternative however to get down. My place was 10 minutes away…. I walked and it was 11 already, however fortunately I bought an auto, although that man requested me to pay further. Nobody is aware of how scared I used to be throughout that 30-minute interval,” she recounted.
Gowri, 21, a BA scholar, had booked an auto to a mall in Rajajinagar. “He took a really great distance and refused to take the route which the app had proven, citing site visitors congestion. The man ended up asking for extra money and refused to depart. I bought scared a bit and ended up paying double for my journey. Later, I filed a criticism with the app, however no motion was taken.”
A 26-year-old working skilled shared what she went via after reserving autos on two apps from her workplace in Ragigudda and cancelling certainly one of them in June this 12 months. “The motive force of the cancelled journey rushed menacingly in the direction of me and requested whether or not it was me who had cancelled it. I refused as he was obvious at me. The following second, I requested the auto wherein I used to be sitting to begin the car however this driver too began yelling at me.”
Smriti, a 23-year-old IT worker, mentioned that final month, she bought yelled at over UPI fee. “I informed the duto driver I did not have money and would pay via UPI, and his tone modified immediately. He began yelling at me, abusing me for losing his time. I felt so helpless and unsafe in that second.”
Unions denounce driver’s behaviour
Nataraja Sharma, president of the Federation of Karnataka State Personal Transport Associations, denounced the auto driver’s actions, stating, “If the auto driver had any points with cancellation of the journey, he ought to have approached the aggregator in search of financial compensation. Resorting to such behaviour is completely unacceptable.”
M Manjunath, president of Adarsh Auto Drivers Union, mentioned, “Passengers cancelling rides after auto drivers attain the pickup level occurs fairly often, however that ought to not set off the driving force to assault the passenger…”
