I have never used uber. Seen them about a few times though. Shame so many jobs are to be axed though. Especially at the moment when jobs are scarce and people are blamed/shamed for their own unemployment no matter the reasons...
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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
Isn't there at least one rape a week by Uber drivers? Whether or not it's right for TFL to rescind their license, Uber should have something in place to vet its drivers.
Where does that come from? And that sounds about in keeping with the UK population and rapes/sexual assaults anyway. I checked up on this just out of curiosity when I saw this quote, and the results are shocking. Utterly awful.
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Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales alone every year; that's roughly 11 rapes (of adults alone) every hour. These figures include assaults by penetration and attempts.
Nearly half a million adults are sexually assaulted in England and Wales each year
So uber employs 40k people. And there is one rape per week. So 52 a year.
The UK population is 66m ish. And there are 100k rapes per year.
Utterly pointless post really. But the rape stats shocked me so much. Sexual assault at 500k a year too. Jesus.
Edited to add...
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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Freedom of Information data obtained by The Sun last year showed that the Metropolitan Police investigated 32 drivers for rape or sexual assault of a passenger between May 2015 and May 2016.
OK using these new stats of 32 per year (AND it being sexual assault rather than rape) rather than 52... Uber drivers are actually considerably safer than the general population. By a long shot.
22-09-2017, 05:20 PM
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