The car sent the San Mateo PD a report that the riders had toy projectile emitters (aka "guns," I suppose) they were using to shoot pellets at passers-by. It pulled into a parking lot until cops arrived. It doesn't report if it locked the riders in.
I was just thinking I want to try at least one joyride but no, now I'm not even interested in giving them those $20.
Locking people in a car, remotely, as a private company, for "bad behavior", would be a mess.
it causes real damages when you basically abduct and strand someone.
these "kids" were shooting orbees out the windows, so mischief on them, but get it wrong once and it could get expensive.
It would be a tiny settlement, particularly now that we have documented cases like this one where the policy is preventing real harm.
Like, if you're a kid drinking and shooting bystanders from the back of an Uber, what do you think is going to happen?
I certainly don't think the Uber driver would hold me prisoner.