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Serious question: what is Uber/Lyft specific about a customer being assaulted? Is that inherently different than rapes or assaults by taxi drivers? Cause I'm su
by VeejayRampay 11y ago
Serious question: what is Uber/Lyft specific about a customer being assaulted? Is that inherently different than rapes or assaults by taxi drivers? Cause I'm sure there's been plenty of cases. Don't get me wrong, those are horrific, but I guess I'm failing to see what in Uber or Lyft makes it easier to happen or why it might require special regulation.
Maybe the fact that cab drivers need a licence and are thus screened more thoroughly?
- nindalf 11y agoI think the reason Uber/Lyft are especially vulnerable to this is because they present an easy target for politicians who are being held responsible for a crime in the area. Its much easier for politicians to respond to such a crime with "we're banning taxi apps" rather than identifying and tackling root causes. Case in point - when an Uber driver raped a woman in Delhi, this is exactly what the Delhi government did.
- pjc50 11y agoTaxi drivers have a licence to lose.
- salem 11y agoBut maybe a better chance of getting away with it