The Longest Uber Trip Ever Is 8 Hours From Virginia To New York

Trending News: Someone Just Set The Record For The Longest Uber Ride Ever

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An Uber driver picked up a fare in Williamsburg, VA and then made an eight-hour, 400-mile, $300 trip to Brooklyn, NY, making it the longest trip in Uber history.

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We've all heard nightmare stories of insane Uber fares, which usually happen when surge pricing is out of control and the driver doesn't know where they're going. But as the world discovered this weekend, the longest Uber ride doesn't necessarily mean the most expensive. In fact, the record-setting, 8-hour trip from Williamsburg, VA to Brooklyn, NY was downright reasonable (all things considered).

The fare, described by 64-year-old Uber driver Janis Rogers as a “pretty” 19 or 20-year-old with long brown hair, wanted to visit her boyfriend in New York City. So instead of taking a plane, train or bus, all of which would have been cheaper, she decided to Uber up the east coast.

According to Rogers, when the passenger entered her vehicle outside a Ben & Jerry’s just before noon on June 9, she asked the driver, “How far north can you take me?” Rogers replied that she wasn’t doing much that day so she could take her all the way.

The passenger said that’d be great, then fell asleep in the backseat of Rogers’ 2005 Prius and slept the entire eight-hour trip to Bedford-Stuyvesant.

“She didn’t seem excited to see her boyfriend,” Rogers told the New York Post. “She was kind of blasé. She looked tired.”

Seven hours and 42 minutes and 397 miles later, Rogers dropped her passenger off on Putnam Avenue, settled the tab—$294.09, no tip — and then turned around and drove back to her home in Newport News, VA.

She describes the trip as “a little bit scary.”

“I had never been anywhere downtown in New York. I’ve driven through New York to visit my sister in Maine. But never downtown.”

Rogers adds that she didn’t stop for food, drink or to use the bathroom once in the 15-and-a-half hours she was on the road. Factoring in the $32 she spent on gas and tolls, she figures she made about $9 an hour.

“This was not lucrative. I did it because it was an adventure.”

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According to the Post, the passenger could have flown for $188, taken a train for $95 or a bus for $45.