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    GeorgeGeoffersonLivesGabrielle Bluestone
    10/12/15 9:34am

    This is why actual taxis have been regulated for years, folks. You don’t mistake getting into actual taxis.

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      OmgitsheragainGeorgeGeoffersonLives
      10/12/15 10:59am

      Does this account for all the times cab drivers have denied me when I ask for a ride because “it’s too close”? Pretty sure that’s illegal and any time i’ve called to complain it’s led to nothing...so yea. No.

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      GeorgeGeoffersonLivesOmgitsheragain
      10/12/15 11:45am

      I mean, you must totally not be getting my point which is what this wouldn’t have happened, since you’re not going to accidentally get in a taxi because you’re going to know whether its a taxi or not by its markings. If anything, your story or rejection even further bolsters that point. Greater safety is inherently built into regulations.

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    MizJenkinsGabrielle Bluestone
    10/12/15 10:13am

    The number of people commenters who are picking up on the vagueness of the details surrounding this assault (and how they could possibly point to drastically different scenarios) make my lawyer heart proud and give me hope.

    New Yorkers, don’t forget that all official, government-licensed livery cars have a license plate number beginning in “T” and ending in “C”. Don’t get in a car that doesn’t, even if they have what appears to be a medallion in the window.

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      formergrMizJenkins
      10/12/15 11:21am

      All good points, though Uber X, which is what this story is about, does *not* use liveried cars. It lets the Uber driver use their own personal vehicle. Which is why when you call an Uber X, you’re told make, model, license plate #, and a photo and name of driver.

      Before getting in, I always make sure to check the license plate, and then wait for the driver to say my name when I open the door before sitting down. I figure even if they are posing as an Uber driver, they won’t know my name.

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      asdfasdfasdfasdffMizJenkins
      10/12/15 11:39am

      Thanks MizJenkins@aol.com, but we’re talking about Uber here, not officially licensed livery.

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    howtocompensateGabrielle Bluestone
    10/12/15 9:17am

    When I first moved to Brooklyn, my roommate drove a maroon Lincoln Town Car. Town Cars are the most commonly used livery cars, and at night, driving through Williamsburg, people were constantly jumping in her backseat. Sometimes, if she had time and needed the money, she’d just take them where they wanted to go. I’m thinking now she’s really lucky something more unsavory did not occur.

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      CrosslyStitchedhowtocompensate
      10/12/15 10:30am

      Who doesn’t lock their doors right when they get into their car? Get in, lock doors, buckle seatbelt. That’s Driver Safety 101.

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      howtocompensateCrosslyStitched
      10/12/15 10:34am

      It was an older model that didn’t have automatic door locks. She’d sometimes forget to lock the back doors. Even when they were locked, drunk people would pull on the door handle and beat on the window because they thought she was a livery cab. It was unnerving.

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    BrawltimoreGabrielle Bluestone
    10/12/15 9:07am

    Wait, who has a stranger jump in their car and their immediate response is “welp, time to do some raping"?

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      FordPinto69Brawltimore
      10/12/15 9:11am

      Cosby and members of the Kennedy clan.

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      serendous sBrawltimore
      10/12/15 1:21pm

      It could be that he was out trolling and the woman, unfortunately, took the bait.

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    HypnoCatGabrielle Bluestone
    10/12/15 9:20am

    was sexually assaulted after she mistakenly got into a stranger’s car instead.

    Whereas if it had been an Uber, surge pricing would also have applied.

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      AwayAnydayGabrielle Bluestone
      10/12/15 9:24am

      I was in the passenger seat when two drunk girls jumped in the back seat of my friend’s black Nissan. They thought we were their Uber. We rightfully freaked out and told them we are not an Uber, they looked at us kinda funny then asked if we could drive them home anyway.

      He locks his car doors when driving now.

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        A Man in a FiatGabrielle Bluestone
        10/12/15 9:47am

        A random woman jumps into the back of his car and he thinks “opportunity”, and sexual assaults her? Or a random woman jumps into the back of his car and he thinks she’s gonna rob him or something, so he grabs her and that’s the sexual assault?

        I’m really curious what “sexual assault” actually means here.

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          Gruff McGruffGabrielle Bluestone
          10/12/15 9:18am

          You know this actually sounds like the guy thought he was being car jacked or something and drew down on her.

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            Keith WelchGabrielle Bluestone
            10/12/15 9:17am

            I’d like to think that odds of any random car containing a rapist is low, but apparently not...

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              rudi_freudeGabrielle Bluestone
              10/12/15 9:54am
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