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"Not to blame the victim, but ..." Well, Sweet ... if you are not blaming the victim, who are you blaming? The title of this topic is "Uber driver rapes woman" and you obfuscate by saying "but this story does not prove that using Uber is unsafe".
Yes you are blaming the victim, regardless of how you are trying to spin it ... "She did not use the service correctly and this situation likely could've been avoided if she had". BTW, do you work for Uber as an apologist?
Small point ... Why did the perp run? I won't bother going into your other tripe about the actions of the perp. Sometimes, some of us think of a thing called common courtesy and helping. Something tells me that maybe, just maybe sometime, somewhere, just once there might have been a driver (Uber or Cab) who might have helped someone get all the way safely home without raping said person. Maybe something like this might have happened...
O well.
El Nox
Good post. I was walking alone the other day in a strange city and a cabbie picked me up and took me to my hotel because he felt I was in an unsafe area. He wouldn't accept my money or anything.
I guess some people may have felt that I was asking for it too, but I had the good fortune of running into a very good person. There but for the grace of God, people. It could be you, your mom, sister, or daughter.
Good post. I was walking alone the other day in a strange city and a cabbie picked me up and took me to my hotel because he felt I was in an unsafe area. He wouldn't accept my money or anything.
I guess some people may have felt that I was asking for it too, but I had the good fortune of running into a very good person. There but for the grace of God, people. It could be you, your mom, sister, or daughter.
Kinda restores your faith in people. Glad it happened to you.
"Not to blame the victim, but ..." Well, Sweet ... if you are not blaming the victim, who are you blaming? The title of this topic is "Uber driver rapes woman" and you obfuscate by saying "but this story does not prove that using Uber is unsafe".
Yes you are blaming the victim, regardless of how you are trying to spin it ... "She did not use the service correctly and this situation likely could've been avoided if she had". BTW, do you work for Uber as an apologist?
No, I'm just a woman who enjoys using Uber. I've had six different Uber drivers in the past four months with zero incidents to report. I get in the car, they drive me to my destination, I get out. Of course, you should never let your guard down and be too trusting (and unfortunately, I think the victim in this case did that), but I wouldn't want other women to be afraid to use Uber based on these isolated incidents.
Wow, really disturbing hope he gets the max penalty.
I know people that have used Uber no problems but there background check is a complete joke and at minimum should include fingerprints.
Hell, we've had cops do that to people. Background checks only find the stuff you've already been convicted of. If you've never been caught.......
That said, if Über failed their due diligence, then legally they have some liability, though the fault lies primarilly with the disgusting filth that committed this act.
When an Uber hero in Chicago used his legal firearm to stop a gunman, the company was quick... no, it was almost INSTANT in releasing a statement and banning all its drivers to legally carry their weapons (and, for a minute, in 99.99% cases - permit to carry = clean criminal & background history).
When an Uber scum rapes a woman, company is nearly silent. No statements, nothing. How about reviewing hiring policies and releasing another statement prohibiting rape?
They just released a statement requiring all drivers to keep their penis in their pants.
I'd be equally curious to know how many Uber drivers have been assaulted by passengers. I know there have been some as videos are available. Face it, as long as people are willing to get in a car with someone they don't know and drivers are willing to pick up people who haven't been screened, there are going to be problems. It never ceases to amaze me how fast Uber caught on given the inherent problems.
No, I'm just a woman who enjoys using Uber. I've had six different Uber drivers in the past four months with zero incidents to report. I get in the car, they drive me to my destination, I get out. Of course, you should never let your guard down and be too trusting (and unfortunately, I think the victim in this case did that), but I wouldn't want other women to be afraid to use Uber based on these isolated incidents.
You may never have had any creepy or scary experiences, but that doesn't mean others are in the same boat as you. I'm glad you haven't had bad experiences, but unfortunately others around the world haven't been so lucky.
I have never liked the idea of Uber. I have used it a handful of times, and never alone. I've always been worried about being assaulted because you just never know whose car you're getting into and what the drivers are like. I've never been a fan of cabs, either, but somehow I feel safer in a cab in Manhattan (the only times I've ever taken a cab anywhere were in NYC) than in a random Uber car late at night in my much less dense/busy suburban area.
One time we had a really cool driver who seemed awesome and let my friend charge her phone in his car and play music from it, but at the same time I didn't trust him too much or let my guard down too much because you just don't know. Anyway, never liked it, probably never really will.
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