Ridesharing protocol

This protocol is a draft. It has not yet been accepted as protocol and may be incorrect or poorly cited. Please do not use this in your work until it has been accepted.

Please see #protocols on Slack to discuss this protocol further.

This page is specific to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our covid protocol still focuses on somewhat older science relating to droplet transmission. We are currently reviewing this. It will be updated rapidly.

When should you be ridesharing?

• You should only consider ridesharing if there is no other way to achieve an essential task such as...
  • Providing care for someone
  • Going to work
  • Attending an essential appointment
  • Leaving an unsafe situation (eg domestic violence)
• This list is non-exhaustive and there may be circumstances not on this list where you will need to ride share
• You should not rideshare if you have symptoms of COVID-19.
• However, when assessing the risks you should be mindful that the disease may still be transmitted by people who have no symptoms

Before your journey

Planning

• Consider if there is any safer alternative way to carry out your task
• Consider whether or not anyone else needs to come, in order to limit the number of passengers
• Discuss risks and hygiene procedures with your household to check how comfortable everyone is with the potential journey
• Discuss risks with the people you will be ridesharing with and check that you are all comfortable with each other’s understanding of hygiene procedures
• Plan routes to be as quick as possible, while considering rest breaks for access reasons
• Prepare journey to minimise the need to fill up petrol - consider a separate trip to petrol station before your ridesharing journey.