New Uber competitor but for women only

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

From The article:

Scores of women have reported assaults by Uber drivers... Now Jenni Avins reports at Quartz that a ride-sharing service that only uses women as drivers, Chariot for Women, is set to launch April 19 in Boston, featuring more stringent background checks and additional steps to ensure riders correctly match with their drivers.... "nlike other services, Chariot for Women features a patent-pending technology that will provide both users and drivers with a code after a request is made that will need to be verified upon starting the ride," reports Glamour.

But "whether it's legal or not is a different question," says Joseph L. Sulman. Quartz reports that "According to civil rights lawyers, Chariot for Women's female-only policies could put it squarely in the crosshairs of gender discrimination lawsuits, which would be difficult to win." Founder Michael Pelletz says he welcomes the legal challenge. "We want to show there's inequality in safety in our industry," says Pelletz. "We hope to go to the US Supreme Court to say that if there's safety involved, there's nothing wrong with providing a service for women."

So.. I'm less interested in the service than I am of the already-preparing-for-court to say it OK to discriminate if you can statistically prove a safety issue. Generally when I think through these things the universal question to know if it will go through the courts: Is it possible for white males to gain from this at the expense of others. In this case directly the answer is no (females gain at the expense of others - so no problem) but it will be difficult to word it such that it could not be expanded to go beyond gender as long as there was statistical proof it was safer...

In the end I am betting they skirt the issue by allowing both genders to choose to only go with their own gender if they choose with drivers allowed to only serve only their own gender should they choose.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Haha...skirt...good one.

But seriously I agree

[TBoneTX 45,288]

In the end I am betting they skirt the issue by allowing both genders to choose to only go with their own gender if they choose with drivers allowed to only serve only their own gender should they choose.

^^ I have a headache from trying to decipher this, egad man.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

^^ I have a headache from trying to decipher this, egad man.

While I was typing that my wife walked in with a 60 year old woman that spoke very little English and said "Tell my friend how we always travel for free - what banks should she get cards at and how can she get more points per dollar?" I spend probably 20 minutes a day doing travel points research and she thinks I cant impart all of that in a few sentences... and then that tongue twister was born!

[Boiler 45,499]

So if you could show that any group was statistically a greater risk you could refuse them?

Hmmmm

[lostinblue 1,989]

So if you could show that any group was statistically a greater risk you could refuse them?

Hmmmm

How about traveling into certain areas. ...statistically a greater risk

[Boiler 45,499]

How about traveling into certain areas. ...statistically a greater risk

The old South of the River?

[lostinblue 1,989]

So if you could show that any group was statistically a greater risk you could refuse them?

Hmmmm

[Jacque67 7,328]

The old South of the River?

Lol.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

So if you could show that any group was statistically a greater risk you could refuse them?

Hmmmm

That's the battle they plan to fight..

You could also call and tell them that you identify as a woman and see how it flies...

[Boiler 45,499]

I took self identification as a given.

[ExPatty 502]

I like this idea. Sometimes I gender identify as a woman so it would work really well for me!

[Boiler 45,499]

I like this idea. Sometimes I gender identify as a woman so it would work really well for me!

Don't we all.

[Jacque67 7,328]

[Boiler 45,499]