After being attacked by maskless passengers, Uber driver Subhakar Khadka fears the consequences if incidents likes these aren't caught on camera...
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00:00I feel violated and I feel like I was victimized. I was bullied.
00:19They were enjoying bullying me. Anything I said or anything I did,
00:24they were just, I was just giving them another reason to taunt me, to come at me. All I was
00:33thinking was how to get rid of them and I was trying level best to stay calm at that moment.
00:54When I started the ride, I noticed one of the girls didn't have a mask on, so I politely asked
01:13her to have that her mask on and they said they don't have it and they asked me if I have a spare
01:22one. I said no. I think that was the triggering moment for one of the girls. She was getting
01:32really really loud and she started cursing me how I can't drive Uber without a spare mask and how
01:44stupid I am that
01:47I am pointing out on a stupid mask. You know, I drive to earn my living but my safety is paramount to me.
02:01If I am not feeling safe with my rider, I have every right to cancel a ride. I don't want to stay inside a car with three people, three girls, demeaning me, demoralizing me.
02:20and verbally abusing me.
02:22inside a car with three people, three girls, demeaning me, demoralizing me, and verbally
02:31abusing me.
02:47It's a risky job.
02:50I have to deal with as many as 30 people a day, and I believe no measure I take is enough.
03:02Some passengers don't even wear masks properly, and, you know, being inside a car with that
03:08many people for like seven or eight hours a day, it's scary.
03:14I can just hope I don't catch COVID-19.
03:37I believe they should provide dash cams to each driver, and, you know, with this incident,
03:45it has been proved without a proper dash cam, you cannot prove yourself, even if you are
03:51victimized by these riders.
03:53On this particular incident, I believe I was extremely lucky that the event somehow got
04:00recorded.
04:11I feel happy, overjoyed, that a lot of these people, they came forward to support me.
04:20I feel more confident now, and I feel it was definitely the best decision I took ever in
04:28my life to ask for public help and support.
04:36I'm planning at least a month's rest, and I will then think about it, but, yeah, for
04:44now, I don't know.