Flat Tire

Step 1: Pull Over

If you notice that a flat tire has occurred during the shift, pull over immediately to a safe location, where you are not blocking vehicle or pedestrian traffic.

Try to be in a legal parking spot. The vehicle will have to be left for the night so it cannot be just pulled to the side of a road.

You can drive a small distance on a flat tire, but you should avoid any driving that is not unnecessary as that would damage the rim of the vehicle.

Step 2: Radio the Leader

Unfortunately, in this situation, we cannot continue service in this vehicle. You are not expected to change the tire and should refrain doing so.

As soon as you are able to, radio the Nightly Operations Leader to notify them of what has happened.

The Nightly Operational Leader will order a ride to have you picked up and returned back to the office.

Step 3: Plan

If you have riders in the vehicle or in your itinerary, work with the Nightly Operations Leader to have another vehicle complete those rides.

While waiting, please gather all operations materials (Ad iPad, Safer Sex Spot materials, personal belongings, etc.)

Step 4: Incident Report

The last step is either the Driver or the Navigator needs to complete an incident report form. The link is below.

If there are so many details that it would be difficult to write the report on the iPad, report back to the SafeRide office to write the IR on the computer.