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http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4290091.htm
I have also pulled a couple of articles out from Google sources relevant to Australia, some of which are a tad old admittedly - really the existing taxi industry has not a great deal to offer in regards to women's safety going on past history.
So how does Uber propose to prevent the same incidents from occurring with no screening process at all. ???
Personally I feel that it was a mistake of the taxi industry to go down this path. Too much history is already there with their service.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-...rent-the-way-to-get-women-home-safely/4960166
Perhaps more could be done to screen applicants at point of entry into the industry. Of the seven units of competence a prospective metropolitan taxi driver must acquire in Victoria, I could find only one element in one unit of competence that touches on the question of a driver's attitude towards women: ethical behaviour. The competence is described as follows: 'ethical behaviour that avoids any form of sexual harassment, or physical or mental abuse, or intimidation towards passengers and other road users is applied'.
Reports on research by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine suggest that there have been 25 cases of taxi-related assaults against women over a three-year period. In a bid to destroy evidence, taxi drivers have apparently tampered with the in-car security vision. In one reported case, a driver opened and closed the rear door of the vehicle in excess of one hundred times in an attempt to overload the camera's memory and wipe evidence of an attack.
John Silvester's article 'How hailing a cab can turn into a ride to hell' details just how predatory and calculating one driver was. He pulled over to 'help' a young woman intoxicated by drink and drugs who was also being assisted by four strangers. Those strangers kindly gave her money for the cab fare (the ATM withdrawal to cover the fare would later provide crucial evidence), ascertained her address from her driver's licence, manoeuvred her into the cab and sent her on her way. The driver (who had not been flagged) patiently waited about 20 minutes while all this took place. With the young woman 'safely' deposited in the cab the driver pulled over in the suburbs and raped her. Three times.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...dge-passenger-22/story-fnhocxo3-1227359913110
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/we-cant-ignore-the-reality-of-cab-attacks-20130920-2u56s.html
http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/stories/taxi-assault
I have also pulled a couple of articles out from Google sources relevant to Australia, some of which are a tad old admittedly - really the existing taxi industry has not a great deal to offer in regards to women's safety going on past history.
So how does Uber propose to prevent the same incidents from occurring with no screening process at all. ???
Personally I feel that it was a mistake of the taxi industry to go down this path. Too much history is already there with their service.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-...rent-the-way-to-get-women-home-safely/4960166
Perhaps more could be done to screen applicants at point of entry into the industry. Of the seven units of competence a prospective metropolitan taxi driver must acquire in Victoria, I could find only one element in one unit of competence that touches on the question of a driver's attitude towards women: ethical behaviour. The competence is described as follows: 'ethical behaviour that avoids any form of sexual harassment, or physical or mental abuse, or intimidation towards passengers and other road users is applied'.
Reports on research by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine suggest that there have been 25 cases of taxi-related assaults against women over a three-year period. In a bid to destroy evidence, taxi drivers have apparently tampered with the in-car security vision. In one reported case, a driver opened and closed the rear door of the vehicle in excess of one hundred times in an attempt to overload the camera's memory and wipe evidence of an attack.
John Silvester's article 'How hailing a cab can turn into a ride to hell' details just how predatory and calculating one driver was. He pulled over to 'help' a young woman intoxicated by drink and drugs who was also being assisted by four strangers. Those strangers kindly gave her money for the cab fare (the ATM withdrawal to cover the fare would later provide crucial evidence), ascertained her address from her driver's licence, manoeuvred her into the cab and sent her on her way. The driver (who had not been flagged) patiently waited about 20 minutes while all this took place. With the young woman 'safely' deposited in the cab the driver pulled over in the suburbs and raped her. Three times.
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...dge-passenger-22/story-fnhocxo3-1227359913110
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/we-cant-ignore-the-reality-of-cab-attacks-20130920-2u56s.html
http://www.todaytonightadelaide.com.au/stories/taxi-assault