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More females are driving as rideshare drivers. Safety a top concern.
The great news is that there is an upward trend of female drivers signing up for rideshare services. Traditional taxi drivers were overwhelming male (London Black Cabs claim 98% make), but recent research mentions 14~19% of Uber drivers being female. (source 1, source 2) These numbers will only improve as Uber has mentioned that 30% of new applications are from women.
The primary reason for this trend must be the safety. With rideshare services:
- Drivers have flexible hours that allow them to choose safer times of the day.
- There are no cash transactions.
- Every trip is tracked by GPS.
- Riders aren't strangers, as their identity is attached to every request through an Uber account and a method of payment.
While the above are not foolproof, they have given comfort and confidence to many more female drivers.
Below are some relevant RideGuru articles on female drivers. The safety concern is on the mind of every female driver (and those who are considering).
Can I request a female driver?
Tips for female drivers? Safety advice?
Rideshare Services for Women / Females
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Someone should put together a female driver starter kit. Taser, glass divider, mace, dashcam, whistle, ...
It's kind of sad the list of things they have to carry just to do the job.
Make glass dividers more accessible to consumers. Oooh, if I made one, would you buy it?
why don't people do that on Ubers?
because we use our own cars. cars that we'd like to use for personal purposes and don't want some ugly divider. :)
That's a pretty good idea. If you can come up with an affordable solution, you may have a good business on hand
Why Force things. WHY does everything have to be equal in numbers. Why do less women pee standing up... I mean give me a break. Women fight in wars alongside men. If women want to do rideshare then they will. Why would anyone want to rideshare at this time. Uber is stingier than ever. They keep finding ways to separate the drivers from their money. Be it renting cars at prices that require working 40 hours a week to pay for with nothing to show for it as in partial ownership. They have reduced surges. They announce opportunities as simply events with no incentives to drive in traffic to work them. (why leave home to sit in traffic for one ride for $8 that requires an hours drive.=?) There is little incentive to pick up people at night as the surges are gone and we have to deal with so many trashed, inconsiderate... no aggressively rude people... some violent, most could not care the sligh…
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Why Force things. WHY does everything have to be equal in numbers. Why do less women pee standing up... I mean give me a break. Women fight in wars alongside men. If women want to do rideshare then they will. Why would anyone want to rideshare at this time. Uber is stingier than ever. They keep finding ways to separate the drivers from their money. Be it renting cars at prices that require working 40 hours a week to pay for with nothing to show for it as in partial ownership. They have reduced surges. They announce opportunities as simply events with no incentives to drive in traffic to work them. (why leave home to sit in traffic for one ride for $8 that requires an hours drive.=?) There is little incentive to pick up people at night as the surges are gone and we have to deal with so many trashed, inconsiderate... no aggressively rude people... some violent, most could not care the slightest about your ride or you. So many carry guns illegally... constantly getting hit on... and I am an ugly guy. So lets make this about how women are not allowed and make the combatant women WANT to work in a romantic notion that it is somehow enabling women because they are against women. Plenty of women drive in my market.
****Anyway, if you want to make it safer for ALL DRIVERS then ONLY accept riders that have a working credit card, an ID on record, and a FRIGGING WORKING PHONE NUMBER!!!! I AM SO SICK of calling people and their phone is not set up. HOW DANGEROUS IS THAT? you pick up someone and there is really no way of knowing if it is who they say it is??? hmm, is it really Jman??? PB&J??? Women are totally capable of most anything a man can do. NOT ALL. Visa versa the same about men. The Job is the Job. My advice is do not do rideshare if you do not have to. Get a real job and enjoy life. It is not for everyone. It is not safe. If a wreckless driver does not clip you, or a customer assault you (which happens more than you would think... sexually, physically, and mentally.) or you worry yourself to death about bad things happening.. or get tired of ride offers that are less than $12 an hour (and I do mean gross - before expenses) (like $3.84 for a 25 minute ride with multiple stops... only it will be more than 25 mins with a long pickup... ) Well.... you get it... or are you just thick headed? (not to mention the ability to go offline being removed when you need it.)
WHO ever said there needs to be an 50-50 spread of women-men anyway???
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yeah, the obvious answer is safety