Stunned passenger watches his Uber driver get battered by a cyclist…then gets billed for hospital journey
Commuter still awards driver a five star rating despite chaotic journey
A STUNNED commuter has tweeted about the moment his Uber driver was battered by a cyclist… before he got billed for his journey to hospital.
Richard Beech’s taxi driver was goaded by a cyclist who squirted water into his car, before the pair ended up fighting on an east London road.
He wrote on Twitter: “What follows is a true story
“I was running late for work this morning, so I decided to get an Uber, it's only £8 from my house to my office.
“The guy turns up, he's a nice guy, we're talking about football, everything is fine.
“Then we get onto Roman Road, and cyclists are clusterf*****g this guy like I've never seen before. It's like a swarm of bees.
“This one guy, who's dressed like he's about to win the f*****g Tour de France is snaking around the road, so the Uber guy can't overtake him.
“Uber guy eventually overtakes, & the cyclist pulls up alongside him at the lights & calls him a "t**t", then squirts his water bottle in car"
He continued: “I'm covered in water, so is the driver, and the cyclist speeds off. Unfortunately he speeds off on the same route as us.
“I tell the Uber driver to leave it, there's no way this can end well for him. Eventually we overtake cyclist again.
The cyclist had left by the time police arrived and they are looking to trace him.
No arrests have been made.
An Uber spokesman has said the company has been in touch with the driver and wished him a speedy recovery.
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