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Over the last several years, abductors and sexual predators have gotten creative in how they bait their victims. Taking advantage of the new ride sharing craze, these criminals have started to pose as drivers for popular ride sharing companies, notably Uber. These individuals mainly target inebriated women leaving night clubs and bars.

Marshall Savage Banks, an Uber driver in the Evansville area, has been arrested in connection with an Evansville rape investigation. Banks has been charged a level 3 felony rape. According to the Evansville Police, Banks says he never touched the victim. The night of the incident, the victim was taken to the hospital. Evidence

Dangerous people know about the shortcomings of the hiring practices of Uber and Lyft. They take advantage of the lax vetting practices and are granted access to a large number unsuspecting riders. Sexual assaults and kidnappings by Uber and Lyft drivers is not as uncommon as you may suspect.  A New York

Uber is a company that offers ride-sharing services, gaining massive popularity over the last several years. Known for their extremely rider-friendly app, Uber’s reputation has been mostly positive since its introduction. Regardless of the popularity their accessible application has garnered, Uber does not always choose the right drivers to follow through with

Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft prove time and again that they have little concern for the safety of their riders. It should be no surprise then, that these companies show a similar attitude towards their drivers. Female drivers experience harassment on a regular basis. According to the drivers who report these

On Thursday, June 20, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed “Sami’s Law”, in a step towards making ridesharing safer. The law is named after a University of South Carolina student who was kidnapped and killed in March after getting into a car she thought was her Uber. Under the new law, New

Uber and Lyft continue to face major safety issues for women who choose to use their services. We see a multitude of sexual assault and harassment incidents, and have made it our goal to get these companies to reform they way they conduct business. One of the most disheartening aspects of helping

Ghassan Shakir, a Lyft driver in the Seattle Tacoma area, is in police custody on charges of second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, and indecent liberties. According to the Bellevue Police Department, the arrest was made after a investigation into a reported sexual assault from January of 2019. Shakir is suspected of giving multiple “off-app” rides

Two women were out drinking in Lawrenceville the night of July 1, 2017. The women realized they were too drunk to drive. Rather than risk the safety of everyone on the road, they instead decided to take a Lyft to a hotel room for the evening. Darrel E. Hardy Jr. was their driver and

Police are investigating a Baltimore area Uber driver after reports of an alleged sexual assault. According to investigators, the Uber driver picked the woman up late at night on Saturday June 1. The ride was supposed to take her to a location in Baltimore County. The woman’s father used a location-tracking app and