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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell there goes male privilege*...
Now there is one more option: a female driver.
A new livery service starting Sept. 16 in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island will offer female drivers exclusively, for female riders, according to its founder. It will take requests for rides through an app, and dispatch drivers sporting hot pink pashmina scarves.
The service will be called SheTaxis SheRides in New York City because of regulations barring it from using taxi in its name and aims to serve women who may feel uncomfortable being driven by men, or who simply prefer the company of other women. The app will ask potential riders if there is a woman in their party. If not, they will be automatically redirected to other car services.
Read more about it here, apparently it is already a thing in India.
*And yes my headline was
TheVisitor
(173 posts)because some women may feel uncomfortable being in such close quarters with a male driver, especially when they are alone with him.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Welcome to DU.
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)In one cab some guy tried dragging her out before the driver pulled a gun on the creep.
Another cabbie decided not to stop when he got to her destination preferring to keep her "company". She jumped out at the next stop light.
Mercy_Queen
(42 posts)I guess I'm spoiled with several other modes of transportation at my disposal.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)I haven't seen any problems caused by it
Warpy
(111,270 posts)and Muslim immigrants. It will increase the mobility of those women who can now venture outside their neighborhoods without a male escort.
That some women who are disgusted by boorish behavior from some cabbies will also use it is just icing on the cake.
Note: most drivers are not boors, just guys trying to make a living while they wait for a real job to open up.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I hadn't thought about this eventuality, but now that I would be given a choice I know I would ask for a woman. Mostly just to support women cab drivers because I'm a woman myself and it's time for everyone to be equal, no matter their sex, ethnicity or race. It's just time.