A passenger has raised alarms after a ride with a cab-hailing service where the driver was using an unconventional steering wheel.
On TikTok, user @dessytoocute shared a video of the driver’s steering wheel, which featured a mostly cut-off circumference, resembling a jet-like shape.
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In the video, the passenger expressed fear and discomfort over the vehicular control, noting how unsettling it was to see the driver handle the unusual steering.
“See Bolt driver steering wey carry me. Omo I dey fear for my life,” the user captioned the post.
The video sparked a flurry of reactions from followers, with some joking about the driver’s performance despite the unusual steering wheel. One user, @Xxssive, asked, “He carry you reach your location abi he no carry you?” while another, @ble_ssing_sunday, humorously noted, “The wheel register a good car in Bolt and come pick you in a different car. That’s how one Bolt guy came to pick me with Sienna like say I dey go Enugu.”
See the video below:
https://www.tiktok.com/@dessytoocute/video/7413325178370919686?pid=video_embed&referer_video_id=7413325178370919686&type=video&referer_url=www.gistreel.com/passenger-raises-alarm-over-cab-drivers-weird-steering-wheel/&refer=embed&embed_source=121374463,121451205,121439635,121433650,121404359,121331973,120811592,120810756;null;embed_share
Netizens react:
@Eze: “Someone tell her that she’ll be fine, the man is just living his childhood fantasies of driving an F1 car”
@Swain:”She entered the car, saw the steering and allowed him start the trip. Still recorded a video. People just play with their lives mehn”
@Adamu: “Wetin be this”
@Doaman: “Na the groundnut and sprite him they take join am dey more annoying pass sef”
@Ogene: “I’ve had a guy pick me up once that immediately I saw the vehicle, I was tempted to cancel but I didn’t – a mistake. I boarded and asked him to put on the AC and dude tells me it’s money that I pay he’d use to fix it! I just weak”