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Do you think when available women should be able to select Uber women drivers?

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I kind of agree with the topic, it will help women passengers to understand and appreciate men drivers more,
Do you know how many women that complain about their female (friends) drivers as being very scary
 

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I have many women riders asking if I could be their driver off of the Uber app because they do not like riding with the men. They complain it is not an option. Different reasons uncomfortable, young women, alone females. Male driver's cars are very dirty they smoke they are scary some do not speak English.
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Almost every female rider who gets into my car says "Omg. I'm so glad you're a woman!"

What the hell is going on with these male drivers out here? I'm hearing stories about male drivers that range from unclean to creepy to straight-up illegal/criminal.
 

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Don’t get me wrong, I use a dashcam full time. It is even recording while I am in the gas station pooping or the car is parked in the garage (with a battery maintainer).
The catch to using dashcam video for legal protection is that you better have a whole chitload of labeled and indexed SD cards because you likely won’t even know you need the video for weeks or months after you record it. Bringing the SD card in every night and archiving to hard drive would be a pita adding a half hour or more to your workday.
If you needed to today could you easily produce video recorded at 11:27 on the 2nd of last month complete with geotag? Or two months ago? How about a year ago? If someone sics a lawyer or a cop on you they are exceedingly slow to get the courts moving.
They can delay up to 7 years and still come after you for a misdemeanor, longer for capital crimes. I don’t know anyone that archives 7 years worth of video.
On top of that is the issue for "chain of evidence". Video date/time/geotag is trivial to edit or spoof, which an attorney can easily use to make it inadmissible in court.
This is why I really want a dashcam that streams (ghosts the SD card) directly to an external worm drive (that cannot be edited) in near real time. BluRay disk (BD-R NOT E ) could work for that.
A write once 128gb SD card is about $300. That would hold about 16 hours of HD video for one camera lens, 8 hours for a dual cam. I can’t afford three of those every day.
Ask an attorney what could be admissible evidence for a rape or murder defense. As I have never even played an attorney on TV I can’t offer a real opinion.
Thankfully, the US criminal justice system doesn't require defendants to prove their innocence. The burden of proof lies with the plaintiff.
 

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My car is very clean, my native tongue is English and I do not smoke!

I have seen women drivers at the airport smoking and looking scarier than me.
First of all, it's not about a male driver looking "scary." It's about the behavior of the driver after the ride starts. And as a female driver, I can say that out of the over 5000 trips I've completed, I've only picked up maybe a handful of men who looked kind of scary. I can also tell you that the guys who ended up being super creepy and inappropriate were NOT the "scary-looking" ones.

Another thing, being men, you all know how testosterone works. Men hit on women WAY more than women hit on men. And men can get creepy and aggressive with it. Also, some of these men can't find a woman of their own to save their souls, so their last resort is to meet females while driving Uber and Lyft. It's probably as close as some of them will ever get to talking to a girl in their personal spaces.

That being said, 1) You should not take it personal if that doesn't describe you, and 2) You should understand that just because it's not you, it doesn't mean that other male drivers aren't guilty. And as a female driver, I have various stories as well about creepy or inappropriate male riders hitting on me during rides.

Lastly, the majority of Uber and Lyft drivers are males. So, it comes as no surprise that the survey/vote taken above is more than 65% NO to this question.


However, there's a new rideshare app coming (HERide), just for women riders who only want women drivers. And the only way men will be able to get in on that one is if y'all become transgender women. And you'll probably have to present proof of your transitioning. :happydance:
 

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First of all, it's not about a male driver looking "scary." It's about the behavior of the driver after the ride starts. And as a female driver, I can say that out of the over 5000 trips I've completed, I've only picked up maybe a handful of men who looked kind of scary. I can also tell you that the guys who ended up being super creepy and inappropriate were NOT the "scary-looking" ones.

Another thing, being men, you all know how testosterone works. Men hit on women WAY more than women hit on men. And men can get creepy and aggressive with it. Also, some of these men can't find a woman of their own to save their souls, so their last resort is to meet females while driving Uber and Lyft. It's probably as close as some of them will ever get to talking to a girl in their personal spaces.

That being said, 1) You should not take it personal if that doesn't describe you, and 2) You should understand that just because it's not you, it doesn't mean that other male drivers aren't guilty. And as a female driver, I have various stories as well about creepy or inappropriate male riders hitting on me during rides.

Lastly, the majority of Uber and Lyft drivers are males. So, it comes as no surprise that the survey/vote taken above is more than 65% NO to this question.


However, there's a new rideshare app coming (HERide), just for women riders who only want women drivers. And the only way men will be able to get in on that one is if y'all become transgender women. And you'll probably have to present proof of your transitioning. :happydance:
I stopped at the color change.
 

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They dress to elicit attention. That means attention from poor and/or slobby dudes and rich and/or slick dudes. They can't get one without the other. Never. Gonna. Happen.

It's not about the bullshit line of "comfort". If it were, they'd never wear the mini dress or leggings again after being made "uncomfortable" by one who they decided that they didn't want looking.
I don't always quote myself, but when I do, it's like this:

 

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However, there's a new rideshare app coming (HERide), just for women riders who only want women drivers. And the only way men will be able to get in on that one is if y'all become transgender women. And you'll probably have to present proof of your transitioning. :happydance:
That will be shut down as discriminatory in short order. Or at least it should be.
 

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I read about a female only rideshare app for the ATL market. Wonder how that's doing or if it crashed before it began like Tryp.
How were they even able to get approved for a license? How is that any different than a white only, black only, or legal U.S. citizens only business? You are being restricted from access based on gender which should be illegal? But what do I know. I got my law degree from watching the news on television.
 

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How were they even able to get approved for a license? How is that any different than a white only, black only, or legal U.S. citizens only business? You are being restricted from access based on gender which should be illegal? But what do I know. I got my law degree from watching the news on television.
They probably used the word “equity”. It’s a license to legally discriminate.
 

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Just pointing out: Where do you draw the line
Only want a straight driver
Only want a white straight driver
Only want
Foolish me. I let your sarcasm slip right by me on that one. I was honestly hoping you were going to educate me on the potential benefits. I am officially no longer the sharpest knife in the drawer. 😩
 
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