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My thoughts about these shared ride services, Uber, and Lyft.
Not that I agree with any form of discrimination, but I understand why it happens and why it will continue to happen no matter what policy these sharing companies claim to have.
These companies are not supposed to be professional services, nor are the drivers supposed to be professionals.
They are share rides, meaning, if I happen to be going to the mall, and set my status to open, if I see a ride going my way, I can grab that person, and earn a few dollars while going where I want to go.
I’m supposed to be a free agent, meaning if I don’t like the way someone looks, or whatever reason, even if I’m prejudice, I am not supposed to be forced to take anyone anyplace.
These services should not, and will not teach people how to think.
When they put policies in place, it just makes them look good, but will not take care of the problem.
If I were female, I’d never take these ride services after dark.
Just like the drivers can refuse you, being smart and not jumping in to a car with someone you have no idea of their morals, driving abilities, and other things is flat out stupid if you aren't ready, able, to protect and defend yourself.
Call a professional cab service ladies.
https://www.cnet.com/news/uber-lyft-racially-discriminate-study-says/
as a guide dog user, I can see both sides of this situation. although I would not enjoy or appreciate a driver not picking me up, if he is an independent contractor he has that right. on the other hand, I have worked with and continue to educate our local uber drivers. they have monthly meetings where issues are discussed. for both sides, these have been most informative and enlightening opportunities. although I will probably get in trouble for saying this, it has been my experience that there are three sides to everytruth triangle. there's your version, mine, and the truth. often dogs that are refused in vehicles are dirty or behaving dangerously. usually These are self trained service dogs, particularly the comfort or support kind. at least in my state, if an individual driving a vehicle, serving in a restaurant, or in any way dealing with us members of the public feels unsafe, they have the right to ask the offending dog to please take his master to the doghouse. many drivers do not realize that there is a difference between a highly trained guide or other assistant dog and the Chihuahua that jimmy john half trained in his back yard. once they learnabout and can recognize the difference these problems are lessened. life is challenging we all have to work together to get through it the best that we can. oh yes, and as for women going out after dark with one of these ride sharing services, I'd for sure have my and your creepometer should be turned on and operating well. each service has a time and a place and if they want to they can work together well. enjoy your day.
Wish I could afford Uber/Lyft. Paratransit kinda sucks really.
I'm gonna take paratransit soon. but I'd rather just stick with uber or lift.
We had this discussion on another topic, and someone pretty much hit the nail on the head right away this time. A lot of people's guide dogs are dirty and disgusting. If I were one of those drivers, I wouldn't want to pick them up either, because trust me, no matter how much they pay me, I'm still going to have to clean that car very well after I get rid of this person and their dog. I would argue that this is definitely not worth my time; cleaning out my car when I could be getting more passengers who are likely cleaner. Honestly, I don't blame those drivers for refusing those rides and taking a hit.
All I can say is that from certain things I've experienced personally, some guide dog users aren't telling the whole story. Yes, some of them are discriminated against and that shouldn't have to be, but the reality is that I've met more guide dogs that are badly behaved from the couple of barks every few minutes, to the more extreme forms of one jumping on me when I was at my friends house and myself having to tell him several times what his dog was doing, then to the time where his girlfriend's dog when she asked me to take it down the steps while walking beside her so I could walk with them to the paratransit van jerked me several times to the point where I almost fell down the steps. Were I to have been able to do it over again, I would have refused her request to lead her dog down the steps for her, but the only thing I can say is that the driver was in a hury for them to get on and I figured I could get the dog down the steps of my building and it would be no problem. I still just am not seeing what the guide dog is doing that a cane won't get done in so far as the person is well-trained in using either one and in so far as they regularly put in to practice the training they've been given. I'm sure they'd probably have issues with cane use if they didn't use their cane properly no differently than if they didn't properly use their guide dog and use it regularly, but at least with a cane, it's not something that can bight you if not properly trained, LOL.
James
Ah, but this is about black people, and women.
Guide dogs get same too.
Lots of women get sexually assaulted at night on the way home.
The services fire the drivers, but this is after the fact, right?
What good is it after?
I think there is always two sides of the story. There are some drivers that is definitely pain on the bud, however, there are also some dog guide users that is also pain on the bud, and if I have a car, i'll no where want their dog in my car. Not all dog users can control and handle the dog, just like not all dog users are bad. But too bad, sometime you just need to have the few to make the whole boat sink. I think it is awareness and education for both side, dog users needing to know how to better control and groom the dog, and drivers need to know how to be more accomadate.
now let's not rag on guide dogs. yes therej are bad dog users. james, why on earth if your friend had a guide dog couldn't she heel it down the steps or if she preferred work it? just a question
I wondered the same. I wouldn't feel comfortable asking someone else to take my dog, in most cases. And the dog is most at ease walking with its own person, so why even create this situation? If her dog is pulling, and she doesn't know how to work on this, time for her to call her school and get some tips, I'd say.
I've wondered that myself and although I met her that one time, as she was my friend's girlfriend at the time, I didn't know much about her situation. He'd go on to tell me in the coming months that she wasn't doing very well with keeping up the training on her dog. That being said though, I won't be taking over the leash of a person's guide dog should I be in a situation like that again.
James
School needs to be notified. This woman, who you met for the first and only time, handed over her dog to you? Hmph. I don't think much of that!
I meant to say above that I'd trust a well known friend with my dog, especially one who also is a guide dog handler, too, based on how I see them interacting with their own pup, but never someone I'd just met, and probably not a friend who has no guide dog experience.
And just to get back to the topic, I'm not sure why anyone would assume it's somehow inherently more dangerous to take an Uber after dark. LOL Stop scaring the paranoid types even more!
After dark is the best time to hide.
If you drive a woman that is probably half drunk or maybe she’s tired from her days work, so sleep and not paying attention to where you are going to a secluded place, you are likely to get away with whatever you want to do.
Even if it is just forcing your kisses on her, she’s going to have to accept it, and no one is likely to see, so she has no witnesses.
As a women, you only need be raped once, so why take the chance?
If you are alert, ready and watchful, you stand a chance of escaping, or even calling for help soon as you notice the drivers seemingly lost.
During the day light hours, you also are more likely to get help faster than at night.
A woman standing in a dark street screaming for help at night is likely a decoy and people won’t stop because they can’t really see all the surroundings.
But, fine, you go ahead.
These are not anonymous people driving Uber; you have all of their information, if needed. They do presumably wish to continue working! Sure, there could be the odd bad character, but it's more likely that this scenario will never happen, so why talk about it like it's a near certainty?
Yeah, if I have someplace to go after nightfall, which comes at about 4 pm in winter, where I live, I'm going to use one of the most convenient transportation options to get there. In 20 plus years of using taxis and paratransit services, I've only encountered one creepy guy, and he didn't hurt me, just kept trying to ask me out, and give me cheesy compliments. That was a paratransit driver, btw.
The scenario , as you call it happens monthly.
Lots of women are claiming miss handling all the time against Uber drivers.
Talk, as you describe, and actual physical aggression are far different.
I do agree, if you have to go someplace you'll go, but I think if you choose the cheapest method, you need to understand you take more risk then with a professional service.
You save a few dollars, but after the fact, what will these few dollars be worth to you?
Now, if you know where you are going, remain alert, and ready to defend yourself, that is good.
The problem is, people are just trusting, and that leads to them being harmed.
I'm not making the claims, the claims are making themselves.
I'll give you a scenario you've probably not thought about.
Not to scare you, but to see if you've thought it over.
My lover signs up for Uber. She/he's approved and everything.
She/he meets me, but doesn't know much about me.
I come up with some reason to borrow her/his phone.
Now I'm a Uber driver, because riders don't know who's picking them up, male or female yet.
I keep doing the job until I hit pay dirt, so to speak. An unsuspecting woman, or one as you are, that is blind.
Okay, so you complain you were mis handled, but you've already been mis handled.
My new lover loses the job, I get arrested, but you still have to deal with being raped, mis handled, or whatever.
Some people have a really hard time adjusting after something like that happens.
It is a shame, a crime, but people need to make themselves aware and stop trusting because a shared ride service makes safety claims, they will be 100% safe.
I'm not sure why people have this idea, but they do.
Call me a pig, male over protector, or whatever, but my girlfriend if she's coming to someplace I am, or leaving me, will not be riding Uber or any other ride saring service at night.
I'll pay the extra money.
Maybe this is easy said, because of where I live as well, but that extra 10 dollars or so will be worth it to me for her safety, and my peace of mind.
This can happen in cabs as well, you take a risk leaving your place of safety. Yes my wife and I have taken uber after 12 in Raleigh NC. I have a no user of cab policy ever, its one thing to complain how cabs rape you out of your cash, is another to complain and let them. I promise you no more willing rapes of my wallit from a cabs over price meter will be happening to I or my wife.
I'll grant that, but when was the last report of a woman in the US being raped or generally molested by a cab driver?
Sure, cab drivers might make her pay more by taking her on a longer root, but that only hurts her feelings, or pocket.
I take cabs all the time at night. Especially if I've been out and had a couple drinks.
I could walk, cross streets, but it is safer to just sit down and let myself be driven home.
I can enjoy my drink and not have to be as much aware.
Sure, I check the drivers and if they are getting lost, I point it out that I'm going to pay them the correct rate, so they need to go the correct way.
Some cabs even have a barrier between you and the drivers.
Maybe it is the ease of becoming a shared ride service driver that causes more abuse, but it is happening and often.
A cab driver must not only pay a fee for the cab, they are tested on driving ability, drug test, and other things before they are granted a license to drive a cab.
He/she has her hack license in the car, so you can note if the person behind the wheel is actually the driver.
They are attached by radio, and the cars are bright colors, and lettered to the hilt.
If you feel threatened at all, you can call a dispatcher, Shared ride services are all done by app.
I’ve tried to call them for a refund once and you know how that went.
So I’m a paranoid guy, but that is only because of the reports and happening, and basic human nature.
The article and news reports sustain my thoughts.
My thing is, don't be so trusting just because you are told you are safe.
How exactly is taking a ride with uber any more dangerous than taking a cab or even a ride from a friend? Where is the evidence for sexual assault taking place among women who take rides using uber? Are any of these sexual assaults being reported to the police? I simply do not see any real evidence that taking a ride using uber is dangerous for women. If you are making this claim then I wonder if you feel as though it is safe for a woman to walk home from the bus stop at night when it is dark. After all, some stranger could come out of nowhere and attack a woman who is walking alone at night.
I'll refer you to the news and the article at the top of this post.
This is not my claim, this is fact.
Shared ride services are having difficulty with this at the time being.
Also, I suppose you could check public records to learn how many asult cases they have pending.
I'm not saying all women should avoid them. What I am saying, is for now, it seems to be more of a risk if you are not going to be aware.
I did say, the women in my life, will not ride them after dark, and that goes especially if they don't know were they are goinging, or don't have the skills to keep track of were they are being taken.
Personally, if I were a woman such, I would not use one of these services after dark, or in a strange city.
In my home town, and I know exactly where I need to go, sure.
Uber even now is working on a system so you can ID your driver to make sure the person that picks you up is the person that should be doing so.
I can't remember where I read that article, but if I find it again, I'll post the link, or web address.
I'd feel better if they didn't make claims of total safety, but they do.
Oh, and before I'm jumped on my maleness.
If I'm challenged on this by a woman in my life I ask not to ride such service after dark, and it comes down to a disagreement, hopefully paying the cost will soothe the fires.
Smile.
Please forgive me, I forgot you made reference to an article in your first post. However, I do not see any claims of women being sexually assaulted while using ride share services such as Uber and Lift in this article. The only thing it mentions is that women are more likely to be taken on longer routes that are not the most direct routes as a means for the driver to make more money. I have experienced this same thing while taking a traditional cab while traveling to larger cities that are not necessarily familiar to me. Therefore, I do not understand how someone could argue that ride share services such as Uber and Lift are any less safe for women than a traditional cab.
Well, cort records and such support that fact.
Here's the thing. Offten times something can be happening, but not to you, and may never happen to you.
However, you in my opinion, it is unwise to ignore it just because you can save 5 or 10 dollars.
If I were saying this, and it was my opinion alone, that be open for argument, but when it happens all the time, and I don't mean being taken on a longer rout, but woman being asulted, women would do well to take that information, in and prepare themselves.
If you don't know your city, and aren't aware of were you are taken in a care, such as a blind person that gets disoriented, I'd simply not do it when I faced the greater chance of being harmed.
Night means nothing to us, but for safety facors, it means much.
So saying all that, it is my pet peeve that people refused to accept facts and things that are happening all the time because they feel they should have the right to save that few dollars.
Sure, they do, but hopefully they will be aware.
That is my hope anyway.
Now when these services become better at securing safety, or the game of taking advantage of the loop holes grows bboring, I'll change my opinion.
The facts will change as well.
Between you and me, I say, enjoy your ride.
Between me and mine, nope.
Smile.
Again, There is no evidence being presented to back up your claim that women are being sexually assaulted when taking ride sharing services such as Uber and Lift. Or that women are being sexually assaulted at an increased rate by using ride sharing services such as Uber and Lift. So your argument does not appear to have much bearing to me considering the fact that it goes against well documented patterns of sexual assault. And if women were to take your advice and not go anywhere where women would be at risk of sexual assault then perhaps women should not go to college or date members of the opposite sex either. After all, sexual assault is rather common on college campuses and a majority of sexual assault cases take place with someone the woman knows rather than a stranger. So if women were to follow your advice, there would be very little that women could actually do.
Okay, if you need.
Just for you.
http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2016/03/sexual_assault_happens_via_uber_and_lyft_but_the_statistics_are_unclear.html
Enjoy your ride.
Be safe.
Know where you are going, and how the car should feel when it is taking you there.
Use your GPS on your smartphone, if you have, to keep track of were you are being taken if you don’t have the skills to do it yourself. Sit in the back seat, and stay awake after you’ve been out drinking, or you are tired after a long days activities.
If it feels wrong, it probably is.
Again, mine, nope.
Thank you for providing these links for additional information. However, there is no clear evidence in either one of these links indicating that sexual assault among women occurs more frequently using ride share services such as Uber and Lift when compared to traditional cab services. And there is no indication that sexual assault by Uber and Lift drivers happens at night rather than during the day.
The rate of sexual assault among women who attend college is 1 in 5 or 20% of women, and sexual assault is generally under reported, so the real number is most likely higher.
The Slate article states that there could have been 5827 sexual assault cases among women who requested rides using Uber between December 2012 and August 2015. If you use the same rates of sexual assault among women who attend college, or say that 20% of Uber rides resulted in sexual assault, then there would have been a total of 29,135 women who requested rides using Uber between December 2012 and August 2015.
How well does this number match up with the actual number of women who requested rides using Uber between December 2012 and August 2015? Is this number higher or lower than the number presented here? If there were more than 29,135 women who requested rides using Uber between December 2012 and August 2015, then women are more likely to be sexually assaulted by attending college than requesting a ride using Uber.
I have to voice my agreement with crazy cat here. It is true that there have been sexual assault cases filed against Uber drivers before. Most or all of these sexual assault cases though, blow up mass media and social media almost as soon as they occur, so that everyone hears about it. Since Uber became widely available and people have started to use it on mass, I have only heard of a handful of these cases. In addition, I have to point out what other posters pointed out as well in earlier posts of this thread. Uber drivers aren't the only ones who have sexually assaulted their passengers in the past. Indeed, there have been several reputable taxi companies who have had drivers doing the same. To be honest, I kind of feel more scared for the Uber drivers very late in the night than I do for the passengers. After all, this driver, who already isn't making too much off of your ride to start with, is going to pick you up from a bar for example, where you went to get completely hammered. You are now his/her responsibility until he/she drives you to your destination. Who knows what could happen to that driver, or whether or not you might dirty his/her car with your throw-up.
Uber and Lyft are no more safe or unsafe than cabs are, and much more than
walking. People are just paranoid and overly sensitive because they don't know
how to react to socia media coverage of solitary actions by the rare driver who
is dangerous. You're fine, dark or not, take the uber and calm down.
Sweet!
Now, enjoy your ride.
I have not heard, nor read of any recent sexual assaults of women using regular cab services lately.
Yes, I am sure it can happen, and probably does happen, but not on the same level.
The thing is, this is my opinion based on what I've been reading, and what has been happening in the news, which I avoid like the plague.
So, if these stories are getting to me, they must be pretty wide.
You could honestly sway me with your argument if I did not, and have not read this often.
Sexual assault I’m speaking of doesn’t have to be rape, so it could, and probably does happen during day light hours, but it be far easier to do this to a woman at night, if you wanted it hidden.
You’ve probably not thought about this, nor why it is the way things are done.
When you ride a regular cab, the driver always seats you in the back. They never encourage you to set next to them in the front seat.
On the other hand, shared ride services publicly makes the ride sound friendly.
They encourage you to just, “jump in the front seat, be friendly.” Because the driver is just a regular person, so the ride should be fun.
This next part is over kill, but I want to use it for explaining reasons.
It could also be possible.
Okay, so you just jump in the front seat with that short skirt on, and pretty legs aglow, and your friendly, right?
The guy driving likes what he’s seeing and all, but his opinion of handling women is relaxed.
You turn him on, he’s just come from the bar up the street, and so he reaches over and fondles that pretty leg and sticks his hand up that short skirt in broad daylight.
You’ve just technically been sexually assaulted. Prove it!
Let’s add night to this mix. All the same is going, but you also have just come from the bar, and you like what you see. You flirt, no harm in that, right, and you turn him on much.
You doze a bit, because the ride is long.
He sees opportunity, so takes it.
He doesn’t rape you, only fondles you a bit and such things.
You’ve just been sexually assaulted. Prove it!
The professional driver might like what he sees too.
He’s not going to have just come from the bar, and you’re not going to be in the front seat either.
No why, so he doesn’t have to deal with you saying he reached up that short skirt and fondled you.
His mind set is probably different as well, in that, you are money to him, and he needs to get you over with as quickly and with as less trouble as possible, so he can get on to his next fare.
He’s a professional, much like your gynecologist. You are his business, and he’s probably seen better just 5 minutes ago.
All of this is my opinion and I’ve got reason for it.
I just want people, in this case, women, to not be so lax, trusting.
I’ll not convince them all, I know that.
Apparently you did not read the Slate article you posted very well then. it mentions looking at the differences between traditional cabs and ride share services for a particular city. If I recall correctly, I believe the city was Austin, and I believe the time period they looked at was a year. During this time there were only a few cases of sexual assault cases that took place using both ride share services and traditional cabs.
The thing about ride share services is that there is an easy way to track the driver which makes it easier to report sexual assault. If you do not know who is driving you in a traditional cab, and there is no way to track the driver, then this makes it more difficult to report things like sexual assault.
But given the sheer numbers, it honestly looks as though women have a greater chance of being sexually assaulted by attending college than requesting a ride using a ride share service.
I read them well.
Women going to college can keep themselves safer too if they’d do some basic things to protect themselves.
The problem with this is they’ve not learned much streets smarts, at that point in life, or refuse to pay attention to the lessons taught.
That problem is exactly the same here.
You don’t have any idea about how to track a cab, but you are on the side of shared ride services, so I suspect your street savvy needs some work.
They told you it was safe, so despite the news reports, and it saves you some money, you are debating me on the subject to prove it is perfectly safe.
It can be, but people really need to protect themselves. If they don’t, they will be one of these news reports is all I’m trying to say here.
Again, enjoy your ride. The women in my life, if they don’t have street savvy, or have no sense of direction and such will not use these services at night if I have the say.
I’ll pay more out of love for them and their safety.
That is my stance, and I’m stuck with it.
Smile.
from what I hear, lift allegedly does a better back ground check. we have to decide, do we live in fear or do we act bravely and responsibly. obviously, no wman should go out alone impaired at night. if she's an easy mark, be it a cabbie or a ride share employee, she's an easy mark. if the person in power, e.g., the driver is unscrupulous, then she gets taken advantage of. back in 1982 I was robbed at gunpoint. after that, I determined that I would not let the kid who did this to me win. therefore, I don't stay at home and marinate in fear. all that aside, I don't go in to areas that are sketchy. if someone in a public conveyance comes to pick me up and I don't like their vibes, sorry but I changed my mind. what we need to decide is do we look after ourselves, protect ourselves, and live without fear or do we hide. any blind woman who is physically able should take a rudimentary self defense course. here's a hint I got fro a police officer friend. if we are traveling in an unsafe area, talk to ourselves. most bad guys will leave us alone because obviously we're crazy. they might get hurt if they mess with us because we might be a nutcase.
I am astounded how many women here are saying this sort of thing is no big deal.
Look, I understand that the women here who are saying such things, don't wanna think that bad things can or will happen to them, period, but there comes a point, at least there was in my life as a woman, where I admitted to myself that because I look like an easy target in that Uber or Lift driver's eyes, I'm not gonna risk using such services by myself, whether it's nighttime or daytime.
I don't want you to live in fear and stay home. I want you to not just trust.
I don't live in fear, and I personally am less trusting, the older I get. More women should be that way; it would serve them well, I'd say.
Totally agree.
You limit yourself, then, by not using a service which is a vast improvement over taxis and paratransit. And many of the Uber and Lift drivers are women.
I agree that anyone should take precautions to be safe while going about their daily business in life. . However, given the prevalence of sexual assault that occurs within our society, it is pretty much impossible for women to live a life that is totally free of being at risk for sexual assault. I also believe it is wrong for holding women completely responsible for sexual assault when men and cultural norms are just as responsible for sexual assault as well.
I understand there is a risk in using ride share services. However, there is also a risk in taking traditional cab companies. And there is even a risk in accepting a ride from someone you know. If you do not feel comfortable taking any of these risks due to your personal preferences, then that is totally fine. However, it is generally not a good idea to present your personal preferences as facts when there is no real evidence to support these personal preferences as facts.
The Slate article you posted states the following:
One city, at least, has seen the value of that data. When Austin, Texas, analyzed reports of sexual assault in rides and cabs in the narrow window between April and August of 2015, it found five complaints against Uber drivers, two against Lyft drivers, and three against drivers at traditional taxi companies.
However, police departments do not keep track of where cases of sexual assault take place. Therefore, this information is based on headlines and news reports rather than actual crime data.
The Slate article you posted references an article from the Atlantic that explains this in more detail in addition to reporting sexual assault among riders using traditional cab services. It states the following:
Taxi drivers have been in the headlines just like Uber has. In the past year, there have been assaults against taxi passengers reported in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Portland, Fort Lauderdale, and elsewhere. In 2012, a rash of incidents in Washington—seven assaults over the course of a few weeks—prompted the District's taxicab commissioner to issue a warning to female passengers.
“We don’t keep specific data with relation to passengers being assaulted,” said Lee Jones, a spokesman for the New York Police Department.
“We don’t track offenses by whether they occurred in a taxi cab,” said Gwendolyn Crump of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C.
“As far as tracking the offenses in taxi cabs specifically, I don't have a way to look this up,” said Grace Gatpandan, a public information officer with the San Francisco Police Department in the city where Uber is headquartered.
For anyone who would like to read this article in full, it can be found at the following link:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/are-taxis-safer-than-uber/386207/
So again, it appears as though your argument that ride sharing services are not as safe as traditional cabs appears to be based on your own personal opinion and not necessarily the facts. There are potential risks in everything we do in life. If you want to claim that somehow something is not worth the risk, then you should provide the evidence to support your claims. Otherwise, it is simply personal opinion.
I believe I stated it was opinion based on what I hear and read in the news.
It is also based on how ride sharing services hire and check backgrounds.
It is also based on training, and who can be a ride sharing service driver over a cab driver.
It is also based on my streets smarts, and understanding of human nature.
I'll say you've done a great job supporting your side, but we'll just disagree on this one.
I never blamed women for assault of any kind, but I do think women should be more aware of things, and I stated this, if they are not prepared to defend themselves.
I have a niece that does this as a driver, and even she won’t drive at night, and she the driver.
She goes other places, sure, but not as a service.
I suspect she’d pick up women after dark, but then she’d be selective, and that is what these services claim you can be, but turn around and try to place rules on the drivers, even though the drivers are supposed to be independent contractors.
They need to make up their minds.
She's selective.
But last, if you feel safe, and like these services, I’m not your bother, dad, or lover, so you don’t have to deal with my opinion.
Laughing.
Until I hear less reports, that women are being harmed, my opinion will stand.
Even you state, police departments don’t keep track, not even the ride services can produce a current complete report on it.
I suspect that is because 1. It is hard for a woman to prove unless she is completely raped, and 2. They really don’t want that information public.
My question is if hitch hiking is so unsafe, what makes these services better?
Other than they are connected to the driver by a cellphone, it is much like paying to hitch a ride.
Sure, they do some stuff to make it better, but not enough, yet, in my opinion.
So, I’m going to rest on that.
My advice to you. Learn how to track a cab. They really have many ways for a rider to know exactly who’s picking them up and such things.
Thank you for your post. However, I still fail to see how a traditional cab is somehow safer than using a ride share service. If a person hails a cab while standing along the street in a large city such as Washington D.C., Chicago, or New York City, how is this any different than hailing a ride using your cell phone from a ride share service? And then how exactly do you track a traditional cab service in a large city as suggested in your post? Perhaps you could share your tips on how you go about doing this.
When I use cabs when traveling to larger cities, it seems to me like most of the drivers are foreign born, and had a thick accent that I can barely understand. I cannot recall a single time where I was given the name of the driver, the name of the cab company, and the specific cab number. I believe these things would be important when tracking a traditional cab.
However, if you feel as though it is important for a person to be able to track a traditional cab, then how exactly is this any different than taking precautions using a ride share service? It seems to me as though you are advocating taking the same precautions regardless of which form of transportation a person uses. If this is the case, then how can you argue that one form of transportation is better than the other? Again, your argument just does not seem to hold much merit to me.
I've used uber when visiting a friend, and found them not only fast, but much cheaper than a taxi. Another thing I like about them, and this is a big plus, is that you don't have to hand your credit card to the driver. This way, you don't have to worry about being overcharged, or having your credit card info stolen.