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Only on Hacker News will someone find a way of taking an article, with a statement that is, in essence, > Uber failed to report a driver to the police, on the
by aseipp 9y ago
Only on Hacker News will someone find a way of taking an article, with a statement that is, in essence,
> Uber failed to report a driver to the police, on the basis of sexual assault against a passenger - said driver then went on his way and just somehow found himself with another sexual assault complaint later on, against ANOTHER woman, while still as an Uber driver -- which is a grave failure on their part
and somehow magically find a systematic way of making it into
> What if.......... hear me out........ just wait....... what if Uber could be the good one here?? Let's ignore the bit about two women being sexually assulted for a second and run the statistics and find out!!!!!!
Here's my alternative position, which I hope you entertain as enthusiastically as you do statistics: Uber was wrong, and no amount of statistics about their dumbass business -- or any of those pathetic "aw dangut, but we're just a startup, doin' a disruption!!!" spiels -- negates people being assaulted, due to their gross, obvious negligence. End of story.
- olalonde 9y agoYeah, let's not get rationality and reason in the way of our emotions.
- vkou 9y agoRationality and reason say that since Uber is a black cab operator, they are, just like other black cabs, legally obligated to report these incidents to the police. They have failed to do so. Case closed. The victims contacted Uber with the assumption that Uber will carry out that responsibility. Uber failed to do so.
- FabHK 9y ago> Uber is a black cab operator FWIW, Uber is not a Hackney carriage (black cab) operator (regulated since 1654). Only these are allowed to ply the streets for hire, and drivers have to pass "The Knowledge". Uber operates as a minicab operator. http://www.londonblackcabs.co.uk/About.html http://www.londonblackcabs.co.uk/About.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_carriage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_carriage
- SmirkingRevenge 9y agoWell, I'm concerned about sexual assault when it happens, regardless of the cab/ride sharing service that employs the perpetrator. IMHO, a great deal of people here only car if the perpetrator is employed by Uber.