---
title: "Uber Driver Suspended After Apparently Receiving Oral Sex from Passenger While Driving"
description: "There's a right way and a wrong way to tip your driver."
date: "2017-07-25"
modified: "2017-07-25"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/12833/uber-driver-suspended-after-apparently-receiving-oral-sex-from-passenger-while-driving"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "distracted driving"
  - "Sex"
  - "Uber"
---

# Uber Driver Suspended After Apparently Receiving Oral Sex from Passenger While Driving

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Earlier this month, Uber began to roll out [a long-awaited tipping feature](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/11706/uber-joins-lyft-adds-tipping-option-to-app>) in their ride-sharing app, allowing passengers to tip their drivers either $1, $2, $5, or a custom amount for excellent service. Not on the list of options, however: fellatio.

*Gizmodo* reports that [Uber has suspended a Boston driver](<https://gizmodo.com/uber-doesnt-deny-whats-clearly-happening-in-the-front-s-1797192267>) seen in a video kissing, canoodling, and apparently receiving a beej from an intoxicated female passenger in the front seat, all while driving *another* horrified passenger in the back seat who recorded the whole thing on his phone last week.

According to [a Facebook post on Uber's page,](<https://www.facebook.com/aner.martino/videos/o.120945717945722/10213985424574864/?type=2&theater>) Aner Manuel summoned a private Uber X in Boston on the night of July 16 and was surprised when his driver arrived with a woman already in the passenger seat. He writes that he assumed the woman was a relative of the driver, though Uber drivers are not allowed to have anyone other than paying riders with them when they're working. But things apparently took a turn for the worse right away, as the woman "appeared to be on drugs" and tried to open the car door as the unwitting threesome drove away.

The driver and his paramour soon began kissing and grabbing at each other as the trip continued, and Manuel grew increasingly uncomfortable until suddenly the woman ripped off the driver's belt, leaned over, and starting giving him the full Lewinksy. That was enough for Manuel; you can hear him at the very end of the clip saying "Right here is good," bailing in an unfamiliar neighborhood to escape the awkward ([and potentially dangerous](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/3307/self-driving-cars-will-lead-to-way-more-sex-in-cars>)) situation.

Manuel says he immediately reported the encounter to Uber, who refunded him for the ride and gave him an extra $10 credit and some lip service about "investigating." But the company was less sanguine with *Gizmodo—*a spokesperson called the video "appalling" and said the driver had been "removed" from the service.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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