According to BuzzFeed News, a former Uber customer service representative (CSR) provided screenshots of a search query of the Uber database, in which driver tickets are stored. The results are disturbing. A search for the words "sexual assault" returned 6,160 tickets, and the search "rape" returned 5,827 individual tickets.
Now does that make you uncomfortable, even if you may not have experienced a threat first hand? Good, because it should.
Here's something that will give you your comfort back. On April 19, the app
Chariot for Women
is launching, and the creators of the app think that you shouldn't have to put up with an uncomfortable ride ever again. We couldn't agree more.
