Like many others after nighttime outings, she thought she was just catching a reliable Uber home in Phoenix, Arizona. Minutes into the ride, that thought vanished, replaced with pure terror. The driver swerved dangerously, ignored repeated requests to stop, and nearly clipped walls and guardrails as Yuki Momohara and her boyfriend frantically tried to get out.
Momohara hit record, capturing the chaos as she and her boyfriend shouted directions and pleaded with the Uber driver
“Stop the car! Hit the brakes!” she yells in the video. He kept pushing forward, veering left and right, brushing past guardrails and exits, leaving the couple fearing for their lives amid Phoenix’s after-hours downtown traffic.
Only after repeated confrontations did the driver finally stop, and not without threatening her boyfriend with physical violence, saying, “I’m having a bad day, so everybody’s gonna have a bad day,” before speeding off.
They landed back about 40 miles away from their intended destination.
The story didn’t end there. According to Fox 10 Phoenix, moments later, Eva Carlson got into a ride with the same Uber driver…