not really. >> matt was one of the first of many people whose life would be affected by jason dalton he did have a dog in his back seat, so i sat in the front seat because the dog was in the back seat. >> jason took his dog for a walk before he started driving riders in the uber. >> reporter: so, you hopped in and you started off on the route. >> at this point, everything was fairly normal. he did receive a telephone call, and he took it over the bluetooth speaker. it was one of his children. >> reporter: how long did that phone call last? >> it was rather brief. i would say maybe two or three minutes. >> his son calling wanting to know if he wanted dinner. it was dinnertime. he hung up the phone, and things changed. >> then, out of nowhere, it was like he was dealing with a completely different person. >> that's when he slammed the gas pedal. and then, boom, we were off. >> reporter: how fast do you think he was going down these streets? >> it was pedal to the metal, probably 75, 80 miles an hour down this road. i was bracing for impact, basically. >> jason is running stop signs. he