Nope. If you've ever taken an uber/lyft ride before you will know that the driver has to tap the end button in order for the final bill to show up on your phone app.

Auto-ending rides doesn't even make sense. If the final destination pin happens to be in the middle of a highway off ramp (due to a map error) would you want the app to "autoend" the ride on the offramp (and kick the passenger out on the shoulder), or let the driver do the sensible thing, get off the ramp and pull over to a safer location to let the person off?

This case happens especially often at airports, where the passenger drop off area can literally be represented on the maps as "side of the highway" but in fact, there are traffic loops that the driver needs to navigate in order to comply with traffic rules and routing at airports.

nope. As a driver, you never know when your passenger is gonna be like, "I'm gonna change my mind, let's go all the way to santa barbara instead". Both you and UBER/lyft want that ride. Surprised-not-surprised that uber doesn't send the client app a message asking for approval.

I once suggested my driver to drop me off before the destination as it was more convenient and he said no, that he really had to go to the exact agreed upon destination. I presumed it was for insurance purposes, like if something happens in the interval I was supposed to be in the car.

Definitely lying to you. Thinking about it, what happened to you is kidnapping. If you ask to be let out of the car,the driver MUST honor your wishes and drop you off as soon as it's safe to do so.

Maybe they added this recently:

> Using sensors and GPS data, RideCheck can help detect if a trip goes unusually off-course or a possible crash has occurred. If the app notices such events, we’ll check in on you and offer resources to get help.

https://www.uber.com/us/en/ride/safety/

The driver must end the ride, but the GPS is tracked on both devices and a driver that is far away from the rider on the same "trip" will cause an alert.