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As an Uber driver, your safety is of utmost importance. While Uber provides some safety features, such as background checks on riders and an emergency assistance button in the app, it's always a good idea to take extra precautions to protect yourself. One of the ways you can do this is by carrying a weapon for self-defense. However, it's important to note that laws around weapons vary by state and country, so make sure to research the laws in your area before carrying any type of weapon. Here are some weapons to consider for protection as an Uber driver:

• Pepper spray
• Stun gun
• Tactical pen
• Knife
• Handgun
• Personal alarm
• Taser

Remember, the best way to stay safe as an Uber driver is to always be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable or threatened in any situation, it's important to take action to protect yourself. What other weapons do you recommend for protection as an Uber driver? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.

 

[Rampage]

All of the above.

 

[25rides7daysaweek]

As an Uber driver, your safety is of utmost importance. While Uber provides some safety features, such as background checks on riders and an emergency assistance button in the app, it's always a good idea to take extra precautions to protect yourself. One of the ways you can do this is by carrying a weapon for self-defense. However, it's important to note that laws around weapons vary by state and country, so make sure to research the laws in your area before carrying any type of weapon. Here are some weapons to consider for protection as an Uber driver:

• Pepper spray
• Stun gun
• Tactical pen
• Knife
• Handgun
• Personal alarm
• Taser

Remember, the best way to stay safe as an Uber driver is to always be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable or threatened in any situation, it's important to take action to protect yourself. What other weapons do you recommend for protection as an Uber driver? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.

I have an open utility knife in my column
and a sharpened end rat tail comb
plus an automatic knife in my pocket
Never felt threatened in 38k rides though

 

[ObeyTheNumbers]

First off all of the items on that list are not allowed by Uber or Lyft except for the personal alarm.

You would know that if you were really a driver, but your just a bot, and one giving out harmful information poised as an experienced driver giving advice.

Reported.

From here on out I'm going to ignore this OP, it's up to the moderators to catch this bots bullsh*t and bad advice. And why does it keep changing its avatar? Oh never mind.

By the way the best way to protect yourself is not to get into bad situations in the first place. There are times, places and people to avoid just like one does everyday.

You play in the gutter, your going to get sh*t on you.

 

[painfreepc]

First off all of the items on that list are not allowed by Uber or Lyft except for the personal alarm.

You would know that if you were really a driver, but your just a bot, and one giving out harmful information poised as an experienced driver giving advice.

Reported.

From here on out I'm going to ignore this OP, it's up to the moderators to catch this bots bullsh*t and bad advice. And why does it keep changing its avatar? Oh never mind.

By the way the best way to protect yourself is not to get into bad situations in the first place. There are times, places and people to avoid just like one does everyday.

You play in the gutter, your going to get sh*t on you.

As said by a guy that drives a Ford F-150, says he picks up in Rich areas, and mostly takes people on Long Highway runs, all markets can't be as easy to you judge people as yours you don't know what the hell you're talking about,

By the way I love your past comments of you have $60,000 already saved up for a new automobile, then in other post you say 75 cents per mile goes to expenses and $0.10 of that is to save up for another car, none of your numbers add up, it's almost like you're a professional troll on this site,

You drive 89k miles per year x $0.75 per is $66k plus per year for expenses

Your gas per year would be about $20k or less
Your truck is paid for you said yourself you had very few repairs on it, so how do you account for around $46,000 in expenses per year, are those Uber expenses, are you including all your personal life expenses in that 75 cents because otherwise your numbers don't Jive.

 

[losiglow]

I have pepper spray and a stun gun but I recently ditched the gun and just have the spray now. Realistically, pepper spray isn't good for enclosed spaces. So the likelihood of using it is near zero unless I'm outside of the car. However, I did have one belligerent drunk pax that wouldn't get out of the car, and brandishing the spray was enough to convince him. So like a nuclear weapon, it's more for show than actual use.

ObeyTheNumbers is right though - pretty much all those are off limits. If the drunk pax would have reported me, I would likely have been deactivated on the spot. You're pretty much at the mercy of pax. De-escalation and intuition is probably your best "weapon". Try your best to avoid the problem to begin with.

 

[Rampage]

I have pepper spray and a stun gun but I recently ditched the gun and just have the spray now. Realistically, pepper spray isn't good for enclosed spaces. So the likelihood of using it is near zero unless I'm outside of the car. However, I did have one belligerent drunk pax that wouldn't get out of the car, and brandishing the spray was enough to convince him. So like a nuclear weapon, it's more for show than actual use.

ObeyTheNumbers is right though - pretty much all those are off limits. If the drunk pax would have reported me, I would likely have been deactivated on the spot. You're pretty much at the mercy of pax. De-escalation and intuition is probably your best "weapon". Try your best to avoid the problem to begin with.

If you do carry, you have to be even more willing to walk away. I had a road rage situation a while back and I was about to get out but remembered I had a little something in the waistband. I had to let it go. I’m 53 and short, I shouldn’t be street fighting anymore anyways. 😂😂

 

[losiglow]

If you do carry, you have to be even more willing to walk away. I had a road rage situation a while back and I was about to get out but remembered I had a little something in the waistband. I had to let it go. I’m 53 and short, I shouldn’t be street fighting anymore anyways. 😂😂

I don't conceal carry, though I take my 9 whenever I go on a road trip. I probably throw caution to the wind but after living in So. Cal for 15 years, the Salt Lake Valley seems pretty tame. Even the "bad" parts of town have less violent crime than the middle-upper class neighborhoods I grew up in near LA and the Inland Empire. But you know - that's The Democratic Peoples Republic of California for ya

 

[Lord Summerisle]

My foppish wit has got me out of many a bad situation.

 

[220369]

What every driver should carry.

 

[Roger AA]

Is this Uber driving worth it with these kind of risks? I am thinking of signing up for it but these comments give me a second thought!

 

[Trafficat]

I prefer a small revolver in each cargo pocket and a fixed blade anti choke knife between the sear and the center console. And then a full size service pistol IWB for when leaving the car.

 

[Trafficat]

Ideally we could equip our cars with this:

 

[dnlbaboof]

I would think the taser is the best, non lethal, somewhat legal and you can keep a distance. As far as fear of being deactivated an uber eats driver was just robbed, killed and dismembered, id rather be alive than care about losing this wacko job when there are thousands of better jobs out there.

 

[Boca Ratman]

For close quarters protection I go old school.

Seriously, I keep a utility razor knife in my driver's door pocket and I usually have a folding knife in there or in the center console.

I have a 20in 1/2 inch breaker bar that I keep in my car on the floor front seat.

Similar to this but thicker and much heavier. It was my grandfather's it's about 50 years old, and heavy. There's a 19 mm deep impact socket with a lug stuck in it attached for added weight.

Not a weapon just a tool. It'll break a stuck lug, window or a jaw.

 

[Disgusted Driver]

Don't underestimate clorox cleaning spray, great for cleaning the interior of the vehicle.

 

[ThrowInTheTowel]

I have an open utility knife in my column
and a sharpened end rat tail comb
plus an automatic knife in my pocket
Never felt threatened in 38k rides though

Is Rambo you uncle?

 

[shamalamadingdong]

As an Uber driver, your safety is of utmost importance. While Uber provides some safety features, such as background checks on riders and an emergency assistance button in the app, it's always a good idea to take extra precautions to protect yourself. One of the ways you can do this is by carrying a weapon for self-defense. However, it's important to note that laws around weapons vary by state and country, so make sure to research the laws in your area before carrying any type of weapon. Here are some weapons to consider for protection as an Uber driver:

• Pepper spray
• Stun gun
• Tactical pen
• Knife
• Handgun
• Personal alarm
• Taser

Remember, the best way to stay safe as an Uber driver is to always be aware of your surroundings and trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable or threatened in any situation, it's important to take action to protect yourself. What other weapons do you recommend for protection as an Uber driver? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.

Bear Spray. Very hard to shoot a pistol backwards when target is directly behind you.

 

[ThrowInTheTowel]

I have pepper spray and a stun gun but I recently ditched the gun and just have the spray now. Realistically, pepper spray isn't good for enclosed spaces. So the likelihood of using it is near zero unless I'm outside of the car. However, I did have one belligerent drunk pax that wouldn't get out of the car, and brandishing the spray was enough to convince him. So like a nuclear weapon, it's more for show than actual use.

ObeyTheNumbers is right though - pretty much all those are off limits. If the drunk pax would have reported me, I would likely have been deactivated on the spot. You're pretty much at the mercy of pax. De-escalation and intuition is probably your best "weapon". Try your best to avoid the problem to begin with.

I think at this point in time (2023) that list of restrictions are irrelevant to anyone who values their life. You have to think about yourself first and being deactivated second. If it was up to Uber you could only arm yourself with a whistle and a quarter to use the pay phone to call 911. They have lost touch with reality.

 

[Schmanthony]

I keep a 24" breaker bar next to my driver seat for changing tires. And cracking skulls / breaking kneecaps if the need arises.