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Need to find a specific service
You are not able to request specifically for a female driver with Uber and Lyft. With local taxis and limo companies, you may be able to request one. If you want to stick with rideshare companies, there are specific companies that only employ female drivers, check out the following:
- Safr
- Sheba
- See Jane Go
- DriveHer
- SheSafe
Here's an article for See Jane Go.
https://ride.guru/lounge/p/see-jane-go-an-all-women-ride-hail-app-all-female-drivers-and-riders
UPDATE: A recent article by Felicia has been posted here:
UPDATE (2018-01-08): See Jane Go has announced they are ceasing operations as of 1/8/2018 due to financial problems.
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I have heard quite a few stories from my female passengers about their male Uber drivers. I am not saying all male drivers are bad but I havent heard any riders really complain about females. Most of the complaints of msle drivers hitting on female riders. Saying inappropriate things. Last night had a rider who lives and works at a recovery house in a not so good neighborhood. I picked her up at a movie theater. Well spoken, dressed nice not sleazy. She took an Uber last week to catch the EL in a not so good neighborhood. As she was ready to exit car driver asked her how much? She was confused and said I paid on the app. He replied "no, how much I pay you cash". He assumed she was a hooker. She was on her way to her college classes so I doubt she was dressed inappropriately. Regardless why the hell would you ask your rider something like that? She did report him to Uber. Hopefully he isnt driving anymore. Another frequent rider of mine asked a male driver to take her down a …
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I have heard quite a few stories from my female passengers about their male Uber drivers. I am not saying all male drivers are bad but I havent heard any riders really complain about females. Most of the complaints of msle drivers hitting on female riders. Saying inappropriate things. Last night had a rider who lives and works at a recovery house in a not so good neighborhood. I picked her up at a movie theater. Well spoken, dressed nice not sleazy. She took an Uber last week to catch the EL in a not so good neighborhood. As she was ready to exit car driver asked her how much? She was confused and said I paid on the app. He replied "no, how much I pay you cash". He assumed she was a hooker. She was on her way to her college classes so I doubt she was dressed inappropriately. Regardless why the hell would you ask your rider something like that? She did report him to Uber. Hopefully he isnt driving anymore. Another frequent rider of mine asked a male driver to take her down a different road. She Ubers home everynight from work. She is very nice and polite. It's a 5 min ride regardless of which way you go. The road driver wanted to use is pitch black, a mile long with a few houses & businesses, and then nothing but woods. Not much traffic especially at 1030pm. There have been 2 bodies dumped on that road and someone hit by a car and left to die in past few yrs. She asked him to go down a more lit, more used road instead, he refused. She told him to pull over and she got out. There was no reason to deny her request. I get both sides to be able to request female drivers but in some instances it would be nice.
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Do you think that move works (i.e. saying, "How much do I pay you?") sometimes? Do you think that's how they learn the behavior?
I can't imagine such a pickup line would work, unless, of course, they are prostitutes.
The area that the rider was picked up and dropped off in is an area that prostitues hang. Mostly just women looking for a few bucks to be able to support their drug habit. Had the rider been a prostitute sure she would have went for it. I would assume prostitutes dont care how you ask. How many prostitutes would be taking an Uber unless they were either headed to their area to work or a customers house? She was picked up at a house and dropped off at the El train. As I said most of the prostitutes in that area are just looking for money to purchase drugs. They are not looking to blow (no pun intended) 15.00 on an Uber. The driver was definately out of line. It seems like he wasnt very fluent in English according to the rider. Maybe he didnt know how else to ask. My point is he was an idiot to assume she was a prostitute. If he needed a prostitutes services he should've done it on his own time not asking his riders. Had she been a prostitute that line would've worked. If he…
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The area that the rider was picked up and dropped off in is an area that prostitues hang. Mostly just women looking for a few bucks to be able to support their drug habit. Had the rider been a prostitute sure she would have went for it. I would assume prostitutes dont care how you ask. How many prostitutes would be taking an Uber unless they were either headed to their area to work or a customers house? She was picked up at a house and dropped off at the El train. As I said most of the prostitutes in that area are just looking for money to purchase drugs. They are not looking to blow (no pun intended) 15.00 on an Uber. The driver was definately out of line. It seems like he wasnt very fluent in English according to the rider. Maybe he didnt know how else to ask. My point is he was an idiot to assume she was a prostitute. If he needed a prostitutes services he should've done it on his own time not asking his riders. Had she been a prostitute that line would've worked. If he was just trying to hit on the girl he will never get a date asking that question. I would assume no man would be that stupid to use that as a pick up line. The rider wasnt a prostitute and had her wedding ring on. He is lucky she didnt back hand him or flat out punch him in the face.
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so you are assuming a prostitute will have sex with any guy now that is messed up I have spoken and been in a relationship with a couple escorts and people in that line of work can do whatever/whoever they, please Imean it is their body is it not
I dont think she is assuming that necessarily, she is more assuming that the prostitutes she knows frequent that one corner are drug addicts and in that case, most likely, they will do anything to get their fix...
it is supposed to be a joke, it means he thinks she is hot and should be taken as a compliment tbh.
You're an idiot.. You must be sleazy too.
Do women really take it as a compliment when they are jokingly called a prostitute?
As I said he said it because she found her attractive.
You don't talk to women like that you Idiot!
I would’ve reported his ass to Uber. So he loses his job.
I bet he was Indian,Arab or a Paki
Didn't these companies get sued for doing this? Maybe it was the Chariots for Ladies or something. I thought they got sued or were found out this was illegal as they discriminate against men on their hiring. i.e. only hire males.
Who knows! But it should be the “Client’s Prielege” to Have a choice! Whether or notI as a woman can Choose one (a woman Driver) or not! That’s one BIG REASON THERE IS A LACK OF FEMALE DRUVER’S TOO!!! BIGLY!
This is in my eyes (the ability to choose) a man or a woman's Choice! It’s the USA, not CHINA DUCTATORS OR MUSLIM LAW!
I agree. However, I wonder two things:
- Why aren't these startups struggling? these female for female rideshare companies are falling like flies.
- Why wouldn't Uber and Lyft offer this service? Just create a new bucket called, "Uber Females" or something. They created them for stupid stuff like UberDogs and Uber Mariachi Bands, so this cannot be difficult.
it's obvious that the business model doesn't work out but I wonder what's holding them back. Not enough female drivers?
If riders had a choice, I think 99% of people would choose female by default. I mean, I am sorry to say, why would anyone choose a male? Girls would choose girl drivers and men would choose girl drivers. At least out of those who actually make a choice. I am sure some won't care to specify.
The 1%? I geuss maybe Muslims who don't believe in women driving.
Unless, of course, there would be surge for asking. Something like 30% of all drivers are females, right? They'd be in too high of a demand.
Imagine in a hypothetical situation a driver who is neinther man or woman (Guess that driver is now out of work), perhaps there are drivers that identify with both sexes, pretty convenient. Anyway, I think it is a stupid idea to allow to select driver gender, what's next race?
I seriously thought you were starting to talking about autonomous vehicles and robot taxis when you said neither man or woman
You mean for Chariots for Women. I think they are now called Safr. Boston company.
Wasn't there a legal case about Chinese retaurants only hiring Chinese people for waitresses? In the story I read I think the restaurant lost, but everywhere I go, there are only Chinese people at Chinese retaurants. And frankly, I sort of think it's fine.
If you live in San Diego you can use Bounce. You are able to request a favorite driver! Once you find a driver you like you can send the request directly to them. Joinbounce.com referral code dan13
I will admit that is pretty awesome. Most of my rideshare needs are around my house and I expect same drivers to be around. As long as there is a good number of drivers, I am all up for it.
I assume I can have a list of my favorite driver? I need an ability to make a list, because obviously not all drivers will be available all the time.
Yes with bounce you can see every driver that has given you a ride. then you can add them to a favorites list for easy access. Remember this only in San Diego, Ca right now.
I’m in La
"Bounce is way less expensive to you and our drivers are paid better. When you compare our prices with other rideshare services, you’ll find that Bounce is always less expensive."
Are you really cheaper than Uber?
Do you work for Bounce? How many female drivers do you have? I’m intrigued.
When you coming to LA?
When we take over san diego well go from there.
For the ignorant men crying about discrimination. Shut the Fuck up. You assholes already dominate more than 75%-95% of everything . I have the right to chose who drives me around. 1 in 4 women have been sexually abused or assaulted (raped) before the age of 18. Not even mentioning physical abuse or harassment . Men laugh at the ME TOO movement because 1. They just don’t get it. Maybe after you yourself are pinned down screaming in fear you’ll understand. Or if your daughter, wife, sister or mother is assaulted you may understand but doubt it. Yet the facts are, very few women report it or even talk about it. So when we have fears it is legit. “Me too” made it safe to talk about. Woman supported other woman and we found out we were not alone. So you have no idea how common this is. 2. Most men do not believe women or they think it’s not a big deal. 3. I’m not saying all men are clueless but they can rarely understa…
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For the ignorant men crying about discrimination. Shut the Fuck up. You assholes already dominate more than 75%-95% of everything . I have the right to chose who drives me around. 1 in 4 women have been sexually abused or assaulted (raped) before the age of 18. Not even mentioning physical abuse or harassment . Men laugh at the ME TOO movement because 1. They just don’t get it. Maybe after you yourself are pinned down screaming in fear you’ll understand. Or if your daughter, wife, sister or mother is assaulted you may understand but doubt it. Yet the facts are, very few women report it or even talk about it. So when we have fears it is legit. “Me too” made it safe to talk about. Woman supported other woman and we found out we were not alone. So you have no idea how common this is. 2. Most men do not believe women or they think it’s not a big deal. 3. I’m not saying all men are clueless but they can rarely understand the fear many women have about a male driver. The company can not deny a male driver from applying and working for them. But a female passenger has every right to choose. When looking for a doctor or OBGYN I alway pick a women. My first assault was by a male doctor in his office when I was young. Therefore never again a male doctor. I’ve also had a gun to my head, while he attempted to assult me. thankfully I was able to take the gun away, no idea where I got the bravery to do that but thank god I did. I want to be a driver for urber but I do not want to drive men. I fear they have a gun, knife, rope. Or just harass me the whole time we are driving. I’ve had too many horrible experiences. Yet never ever had one problem with a woman. When looking for a gym I pick a female only= no harassment. Not because I hate men but because I feel safer. I just want to be safe. Am I not allowed to feel safe and pick a woman to drive me? Do you really have to bitch about the very small segment where woman want to have women drivers? Go work somewhere else. I’m very attractive I’m not self absorbed, what I’m saying is being hit on daily really pisses me off. I don’t want to pay Uber to be harassed by the driver. Even if I say I’m not interested it’s like they don’t get the message. Which is “leave me the Fuck alone.” Any dumbass that posts in here about male discrimination is delusional. You have dominated ever single area of business and employment. Do you honestly feel allowing a woman to chose another woman for safety reasons is discrimination?. A consumer has the right to choose but an employer does not get to discriminate. So nothing illegal is going on if I want a female driver. Get off your lame an imaginary reverse discriminational soap box. Stop feeling sorry for yourselves or try to corner every market. Maybe have compassion for the ones who have gone though horrors you can’t image.
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you really said this well and gave clear examples. totally agree. i am furious there is NOT one SINGLE female only platform in the usa. either only female drivers or able to select female passengers only. i think this should be a thing. so what. you ain't making that much anyway women aren't taking it from you and i hear even in rideshare they get paid less. so wtf.
i really would like to know if i am wrong about female only ride/drive service in USA. especially DE,OH,D.C,PA, GA areas. i have plenty of female friends and at times offered to pay for their "uber" ride but they didn't want to simply because they didn't trust the service or felt unsure and safe.
i couldn't think of any service even say taxi (which honestly would defeat the purpose) that did female only. a few times it meant missing out on seeing a friend or me having to make extra trip or arrangement to make sure one of my friends got somewhere they needed to go.
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you really said this well and gave clear examples. totally agree. i am furious there is NOT one SINGLE female only platform in the usa. either only female drivers or able to select female passengers only. i think this should be a thing. so what. you ain't making that much anyway women aren't taking it from you and i hear even in rideshare they get paid less. so wtf.
i really would like to know if i am wrong about female only ride/drive service in USA. especially DE,OH,D.C,PA, GA areas. i have plenty of female friends and at times offered to pay for their "uber" ride but they didn't want to simply because they didn't trust the service or felt unsure and safe.
i couldn't think of any service even say taxi (which honestly would defeat the purpose) that did female only. a few times it meant missing out on seeing a friend or me having to make extra trip or arrangement to make sure one of my friends got somewhere they needed to go.
i always wanted to support such a service.
and after a few NON-RIDESHARE related with random people i even believe it way more about its critical need for peace of mind and safety.
its gone too long not having it. and it's sad. again good job. and yes too many who don't need it are the ones against it or don't understand its need!
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I am very sorry for the terrible things that we, as men, have done to you fightingignorance. My heart goes out to you, I hope you can, over time, find some peace and joy in your life! Best of luck to you, I am gonna say a little prayer for you (if you don’t mind) and Thank You for telling us your story.
PREACH!!
I am not making light of your situation. It's awful that these things happen to you. However if you want to fight ignorance or bring awareness you may want to approach it slightly different. People will take you more serious without the expletive language. Its best to educate people not preach at them. You bring up valid points. Just come at it in a better manner. Just saying.
Wouldn't that be a legal / gender discrimination issue? I mean....if my BF needed a ride and he specifically wanted a male driver (especially with the current #metoo stuff going on, I'm sure female drivers would be up in arms over gender discrimination. Wouldn't that apply vice versa?
I am pretty sure many of these female-oriented companies shutdown or were at least criticized by the concern you bring up. This is more from an angle of employment, where the company couldn't just hire women (or men) as that would be gender discrimination against men.
If you go to Safr's website and go to their employment (driver) page, you will see that there are both gender drivers. You, as a rider, can request any gender.
I am not sure if it's discrimination by the consumer to specify man or woman.
Dudes apparently cannot be discriminated against apparently.
Not just gender but everything else. None in power can be discriminated against. The funny thing is? I think it sort of has to be that way while we all fix this long running history of discrimination. Think affirmative action for school acceptance and white people being called "crackers."
I have had passengers cancel when they see who their driver is and keep trying until they get a female. It eventually works, depending on how much time you have.
Only to have that female driver pull up, and say "Hello I am George driving under my wife's account tonight" :)
Leslie. or Shane. or Alex. or Dana.
Max
Ray
Sydney
Val
Tyler
...that's all I got.
Robbie
Chris
Fran
Why are we doing this. I forgot what this thread is about.
I feel like that's gender discrimination. Seems wrong.
This actually brings up a great question. Do riders have an "acceptance rate" or cancellation rates? I feel like this is bad practice. Inconveniences a lot of drivers.
I later found out during the ride that she had been beaten and raped. So, is it discrimination that she wants a female driver? I probably would too, in her shoes.
How about taking mass transit where you have a mixed bag of male,female and the whatever group.
I suppose the context and background story do play a role here. I agree I empathize with her and why she does that.
In a case like this though, I would imagine she should (and probably does) arrange for special rides from those who she trusts or a female limo driver whom she has relationship with.
If you were driving an Uber, I'd imagine it was an exception, where she had was in a circumstance she had to call for one. I mean I can't imagine her doing this every time.
you can't do that. If you cancel multiple times in the same location, Uber will automatically (I think) start charging the rider a cancellation fee. Even if the cancellation is made before two minutes.
yeah, I was thinking of this as well. I used to hear riders who would cancel repeatedly and Uber had to implement this special rule.
Cancelling usually doesn't have much consequence on the riders (or I supposed drivers too) because the ratings aren't affected. There are no mechanisms in place now though. Long distance pickup, must cancel beffore 2 minutes, can't cancel repeatedly...
You can't but in some regions you cna specify an english speaking driver. Go figure.
I can understand. My grandmom got a non english speaking driver in Philly. She is 77 yrs old. Driver passed her destination she was trying to explain to him and he couldnt understand her she couldnt understand him. She ended up 7 blocks from destination. I had to go get her. My mom had similar experience. Just asked him to pull over and she walked the 2 blocks. Most times probably not an issue but it can be.
So these rideshares seem to target women but does that mean all drivers are women? ...or is it that the drivers are vetted out more?
Can men ride then? but then the predators can prey on women drivers...
I believe the drivers are all women. I think that's the idea. I looked at a few of these.
I suppose I can ask the vice versa question. I got it that the drivers are female, but what about the drivers?
Most of these companies listed hire women and the riders are supposed to be women.
Hi, what companies in CA coast do you know of, anyone? N.CA =Sanctuary State and I’m a woman that happens to need a woman driver....just can’t trust some men around here driving me around! Just the other day, my male driver didn’t follow my directions at all to Doctor, and he was way lost (so was I)...Scared the sh** out of me! And of course, I was late-and charged too much.
lyft passenger
Being lost, making you late, and ending up charging you are not necessarily qualities of male drivers. That can happen with anyone. A sexist person may say it'd happen more with females as they get lost easier. (I didn't say it. I am a sexist person would. Ha!)
Her point is that when these troubles happen, she doesn't feel comfortable with having a male driver. "Getting lost" and "not following directions" can be seen as a abdusting attempt, for example.
If you're so demanding on route, etc and hyper critical of others driving skills, might I ask why you don't just drive yourself?
We're drivers, not slaves.
Why don't we add a feature where you can select Blonde vs. Brunette.
Easy. Request a driver. Once accepted, look at the name of the driver. If it's a guy's name, cancel. If it's a girl's name, go with it.
They can't give you a negative feedback unless the ride has started.
I joined Sheba and had no chance to work because others would take the job as soon as it popped up. Not many customers not many jobs.
Isn't this a horrible idea? Sexual predator will have a hay day with this, while their victims would show up on a car, to any location they specify. conveniently on a smartphone app.
ABSOLUTELY! Especially when you RESIDE in a “Sanctuary State” OR SANCTUARY CITY!
So unfair!!!!! Do I need my hubby along for the ride? Or just Hope my Gun is BIGGER THAN THE MALE DRIVER’S??!
Yes, but these predators can always call hookers and escorts. Why bother calling an Uber driver. It costs $1.90 a minute. LOL.
Man, that's horrible. It's that theory, "you just have to be fast enough to NOT be the slowest in the herd."
Now Uber has a new Panic Button in the app - who needs a female driver anymore lol
Is the panic button for drivers or passengers? No, I am being serious. I haven't seen it on my app. (I am a customer.)
It's for passengers. They might roll out a similar feature for drivers in the future, because they could also potentially be in a dangerous situation too.
Here is how to use the panic button: https://ride.guru/content/newsroom/how-to-use-ubers-911-panic-button
In Philadelephia they have it for drivers in new app. Its actually better to go through app then to call 911. Uber knows your location. When you call 911 they dont always know your location. In some cases they have been off by 10 miles. Emergency 911 is not updated enough and cannot always pinpoint your location. They say they can pinpoint location in approx 10% of the calls. So although it seems easier and faster for you to call on your own better to go through app. New drivers app has a shield a bottom right of map screen its there that you can get Uber to contact 911.
That’s a fantastic point about how Uber knows your location.
It seems pointless to go through Uber app when you can just call 911. So after checking into this I found that most all states do not have updated capabilities of tracking the callers location. They can only find callers location in 10% of the calls. I believe all states have to upgraded by 2023 (I may be off on the date) that is a long time away. I live in Philly 4 blocks away from Bucks County. When I call 911 from my cell I get Bensalem (Bucks County) I have to tell why I called only to be told to hold on while they contact Philly and transfer the call. Its frustrating in an emergency. If you go through the Uber app they know your exact location and give it to police radio 911.
The reason Bensalem police dispatch wants to boot you to Philly is most likely because they want to keep their crime rate stats down:) As if you report a crime in a particular town it goes against theoir record (at least I think so)
I want to reach Philly 911 but my location is picked up that I am in Bensalem. I live a few blocks from city line. It's awful when you have a medical emergency.
Good bye Jane see you not soon