The reason they get attacked in unlicensed cabs is because the drivers of licensed cabs can be easily identified. Unless the driver of the licensed cab wants t

The reason they get attacked in unlicensed cabs is because the drivers of licensed cabs can be easily identified. Unless the driver of the licensed cab wants to go directly to jail, he politely refrains from raping passengers. To be clear, I don't believe that argument works against Uber, quite clearly the drivers can be identified, so I don't know what the author's point is.