Here in Chicago, there have been two incidents of sexual violence, one against a woman and another against a 5’9 110 pound man. The woman was intoxicated and passed out in the car. She awoke in the driver’s apartment with her clothes pulled down to her ankles exposing her pelvis. The driver obviously sexually assaulted her. The male victim was only 18 years old and seemed not to know how to respond to a middle age man much bigger than him who was groping his genitals and restraining his movement. Eventually he escaped from the clutches of this sexual predator. The driver of the man has a wife and children. Both attackers were arrested and charged with felonies that are not probationable and will require some prison time if the defendants are convicted. Both of the victims rode in the front seat when the driver asked them to do so.
Also, both of the rides happened late night. Uber has been the only company in Chicago where riders have been victimized by drivers. My suggestion is to insist on riding in the back seat and be sure your driver stays on his route. In some cities, Uber offers people the choice of women-only drivers. In using the three different services, I have only had one woman driver so the pool of women drivers may be small. Kelly On 1/23/15, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Probably not more risky than entrusting yourself to the services of a > regular taxi driver. > > > > All in all my Uber/Lyft experiences have been fine. You get the occasional > character, but nothing that would have made me feel uncomfortable. Then > again, I’m 6-2 and 240 pounds. So I can appreciate the concern of a woman > traveling by herself. > > > > Remember, you can rate your driver and if you give them a low rating, you > won’t’ be pared with that driver again or at least that is how it’s supposed > to work. > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of M.Nelson > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 11:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Uber app > > > > Taxi service is terribly expensive here in Reno so I have been thinking of > giving Uber a try. there have been some scattered reports of problems > because the drivers are not screened. Has anyone on the list had any issues > like assaults or whatever? As a senior totally blind woman saving a couple > of bucks is not worth taking unsafe rides. Is there any thing to these > rumors or am I just being overly cautious? > > Marie > > > > > > _____ > > > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
