Many passengers in US ride-hailing vehicles don’t bother to buckle up in the back seat, sometimes with deadly consequences

A traveler arrives in the ride-share pick up location at Ontario International Airport. It's fairly common for adults in back not to wear seat belts, especially when they're riding in taxis and ride-hailing vehicles such as Uber and Lyft. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

WASHINGTON: When Uber driver Oguzhan Beliren picks up passengers in his Hyundai Sonata, they almost always buckle up in the front seat, and if they don’t, he reminds them to.

But that’s not the case in the rear.