Your ‘car’ awaits ... Chinese ride-hailing customer picked up in a truck
Car-hailing and bike-sharing services are hugely popular in China, but now even trucks are trying to get in on the act, albeit without proper authorisation.
A man in southwest China wanted to take a ride earlier this week through a local car-sharing platform to go from Wushan county to Chongqing – a five to six hour drive – but was surprised when a large truck arrived to pick him up, Chinese media reported.
The driver had told him before arriving that the vehicle was “very wide” and that he could “even go to sleep” during the trip. But after the man boarded the truck, he recalled being “so scared that I didn’t dare sleep at all”, according to the Chongqing Evening News.
He detailed his experience on his social media account in a post on Tuesday morning that quickly went viral on the internet in China.
