> What do taxi companies do that prevents/mitigates it successfully? In England for taxicabs and private hire vehicles the drivers have to have a criminal reco

> What do taxi companies do that prevents/mitigates it successfully? In England for taxicabs and private hire vehicles the drivers have to have a criminal records check. This is the enhanced DBS check. This will be repeated every few (three?) years. If they have contracts for childrens services or vulnerable adults services they'd also be checked against the adult's and children's barred list. This doesn't stop all sexual assault, but it stops some. We have a lot of information from London. https://taxileaks.blogspot.com/2018/12/tfl-release-latest-taxi-and-private.html https://taxileaks.blogspot.com/2018/12/tfl-release-latest-ta... (With usual caveats around crime data being very unreliable).