07-17-2015, 12:31 PM
(07-17-2015, 12:00 PM)MidTowner Wrote: This quote by the company's representative was of particular interest to me, of the drivers: "They've [sic] very vested in providing good service. ... The incentive for crime is far lower." What's he suggesting of taxi drivers? I didn't know this was of particular concern to anybody...my impression was always that crime against taxi drivers was more frequent than crimes perpetrated by them.
There's been quite the stir recently about taxi drivers in Waterloo Region sexually assaulting passengers - and continuing to drive. Anecdotally, a non-trivial number of taxi drivers are pretty creepy to women, so the assaults are not exactly out of nowhere. Due to the rating system, it's a lot more difficult to keep driving for Uber as a person who makes passengers uncomfortable than it has been for local taxi companies.