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A new ride-hailing service is trying to improve women’s safety — by banning men
cnbc ^ | 4/12/16 | Emily Crockett

Posted on 04/12/2016 1:22:03 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

....one former Uber driver, Michael Pelletz, decided to create a woman-only ride-hailing service. It's called Chariot for Women, it's based in Boston, and it's scheduled to debut nationwide on April 19.

More than 1,000 women have already signed up as drivers. Pelletz, whose wife, Kelly, is the company's president, said he came up with the idea after a scary experience with an unstable passenger. He imagined how much more terrifying it would have been if he were a woman, and remembered that his wife had thought about driving for Uber but was too afraid to....

....There's also no surge pricing, transgender women are welcome as both drivers and passengers, and 2 percent of every fare will be donated to a "women-based" charity that customers can choose from a list.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bigots; boober; freedom; hypocrisy
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To: Oberon

That was my point.


21 posted on 04/12/2016 2:32:45 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SunkenCiv

Boober..... oh that is so COLD.


22 posted on 04/12/2016 2:53:59 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: ptsal

Oh, instead of Lyft, Nyp?


23 posted on 04/12/2016 2:55:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: All

Their fares will probably use the service to attend anti-discrimination rallies.


24 posted on 04/12/2016 3:20:07 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: JimRed

My first thought also.


25 posted on 04/12/2016 5:20:09 PM PDT by bog trotter
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To: GilGil
I thought women were ready for combat in the military. Why the double standard?

Why aren't womyn rioting to break down the gender barrier for those high paying trash collection jobs?

26 posted on 04/12/2016 9:03:59 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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To: SoFloFreeper

They think they’ve hit on something new but have only hit on something illegal. This isn’t being done all over the place because it is against the law to discriminate in hiring or in selecting who you will serve and who you won’t serve.


27 posted on 04/13/2016 9:59:03 AM PDT by Cruising Speed
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To: SoFloFreeper

Perfect for Muslims, too.


28 posted on 04/13/2016 10:00:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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