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[QUOTE]A woman in Delhi was raped on Friday allegedly by a taxi driver who is now missing.
Police sources say the man was a driver with Uber, the popular app that supplies taxis to users. However, a police case or FIR filed on Saturday evening does not mention the popular service.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/delhi-woman-raped-allegedly-by-uber-cab-driver-630923?curl=1417931112"]Source 1.[/URL]
[URL="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uber-cab-driver-rapes-27-years-old-woman-gurgaon/1/405602.html"]Source 2.[/URL]
[B]Update: [/B][URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Uber-cab-driver-accused-of-raping-woman-in-Delhi-held-in-Mathura/articleshow/45400971.cms"]They found the driver[B].[/B][/URL]
This is my concern with Uber. How can you be sure the driver you're gonna get isn't some psychopath?
[QUOTE=proboardslol;46658172]This is my concern with Uber. How can you be sure the driver you're gonna get isn't some psychopath?[/QUOTE]
December is the worst possible time this could come in, because it was in this month two years ago now that the more infamous Delhi Bus Rape incident occurred.
I agree - Uber needs accountability. The number of cases where their drivers have turned out to be psychos is growing and they are so caught up with trying to project themselves as sticking it to the taxi services, they're not stopping to see how shit like this can backfire on them really quickly.
What's even worse is the current situation of this case in India - everyone's doing victim-blaming, saying that a woman that drunk had no place being in the cab so she's to blame for what happened.
Ugh.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;46658172]This is my concern with Uber. How can you be sure the driver you're gonna get isn't some psychopath?[/QUOTE]
Why couldn't this happen with another taxi service?
[QUOTE=bitches;46658403]Why couldn't this happen with another taxi service?[/QUOTE]
Those taxi drivers are employees of a company and not just some random guy with a car. It adds accountability and reputability. Not to say it couldn't still happen, but it's much less likely. Honestly, this sort of thing is bound to happen with a service like Uber.
Hopefully India's HQ of UBER goes through thorough psychiatric evaluation of drivers to prevent their Global image from being tarnished.
[QUOTE=Hollosoulja;46658433]Hopefully India's HQ of UBER goes through thorough psychiatric evaluation of drivers to prevent their Global image from being tarnished.[/QUOTE]
Not going to happen anytime soon, that much is certain. Right now they're in the middle of a very competitive war with other taxi cab companies who have been really quick to compete. For example, companies like Ola, Meru and others have created no-frills services exactly like Uber to match them fare for fare.
What is most likely to happen now is that the government is going to step in to tell them to be accountable for their drivers (making it not as lucrative as it was before and a win for the corrupt-as-shit public sector taxis) and is going to put a dent in the entire "low cost taxi service" thing.
I will not be surprised if Uber decides to pull out of India in a few years, considering they're already in a wrangle with the Reserve Bank of India regarding Uber's refusal to put the safer two-factor authentication for their payment mode via credit card/debit card. Uber currently skirts around this by implementing a wallet system that bypasses direct payment directly. Another big problem is, as this case points out, the driver log details are being hosted offshore in their US HQ, not in India. If more incidents like this happen, then it's quite likely the Indian government will tell them to store their log details here, which Uber may/may not do.
Given the shitty timing of this, Uber's gonna face the biggest public drop in trust in India this season thanks to that one asshole driver.
[QUOTE=snookypookums;46658440]Not going to happen anytime soon, that much is certain. Right now they're in the middle of a very competitive war with other taxi cab companies who have been really quick to compete. For example, companies like Ola, Meru and others have created no-frills services exactly like Uber to match them fare for fare.
What is most likely to happen now is that the government is going to step in to tell them to be accountable for their drivers (making it not as lucrative as it was before and a win for the corrupt-as-shit public sector taxis) and is going to put a dent in the entire "low cost taxi service" thing.
I will not be surprised if Uber decides to pull out of India in a few years, considering they're already in a wrangle with the Reserve Bank of India regarding Uber's refusal to put the safer two-factor authentication for their payment mode via credit card/debit card. Uber currently skirts around this by implementing a wallet system that bypasses direct payment directly. Another big problem is, as this case points out, the driver log details are being hosted offshore in their US HQ, not in India. If more incidents like this happen, then it's quite likely the Indian government will tell them to store their log details here, which Uber may/may not do.
Given the shitty timing of this, Uber's gonna face the biggest public drop in trust in India this season thanks to that one asshole driver.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like it's time for some Hammurabi law :v:
Why would you let some random stranger drive you around? In INDIA of all places. Not really blaming the victim, but Uber is a really shady concept.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;46658412]Those taxi drivers are employees of a company and not just some random guy with a car. It adds accountability and reputability. Not to say it couldn't still happen, but it's much less likely. Honestly, this sort of thing is bound to happen with a service like Uber.[/QUOTE]
Uber isn't like that at all
that sounds more like lyft. it gets worse due to lyft line, where the drivers can pick up others heading to a destination close to yours while your in the car
You guys are quick to blame Uber when it is in fact the driver who raped that poor woman.
And this happening in India is unfortunatly not unheard of.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;46658412]Those taxi drivers are employees of a company and not just some random guy with a car. It adds accountability and reputability. Not to say it couldn't still happen, but it's much less likely. Honestly, this sort of thing is bound to happen with a service like Uber.[/QUOTE]
Taxk drivers raping and stealing from has happened several times. We shouldn't be too quick to blame Uber.
[QUOTE=snookypookums;46658239]December is the worst possible time this could come in, because it was in this month two years ago now that the more infamous Delhi Bus Rape incident occurred.[/QUOTE]
It's been two years already? Holy shit, time flies.
reminds me of the sherlock episode with the mad cab driver
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anyways
this is indeed the thing I doubt about when using Uber; anyone with a good car/a shitty talk to get into the business can pick you up. No idea wether or not this guy is a psycho or something
[QUOTE=Swebonny;46659250]Taxk drivers raping and stealing from has happened several times. We shouldn't be too quick to blame Uber.[/QUOTE]
I know, and like I said, it can happen. But when you're hired for a company, you get a background check, your personal details are noted and stored, and your location while on duty is known. I personally feel like that adds more accountability than someone hired through an app.
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