I honestly can't believe with all the headlines recently about female passengers being sexually assaulted that this is even a debate. As a woman with PTSD from being raped, this is a service I would use. You don't know what it's like to be trying to take a cab while your cab driver constantly interrupts your conversation so he can ask personal questions. The drive from the Halifax Shopping Centre to SMU almost seemed like it was twice as long despite minimal traffic. And the stat according to RAINN is that 1 in 6 women have been raped, if I remember correctly. Why don't we matter? Why don't our friends who want to protect themselves matter? I can tell you first hand that the justice system does not prioritize victims. I had to fight to get help from victim services because the cop on my case didn't think I needed it. On top of that, he suggested to my friends that if I didn't want to be sexually assaulted in the store I worked, as manager I should have put a sign up that told customers it was inappropriate to come out of the dressing rooms fully naked (the man who did it was well into his 40s and shouldn't have needed a 21 year old to be his moral compass). Then I would get told one thing about the case, like I would get to testify if I wanted to, then getting the phone call from the man's new probation officer to tell me the whole case had gone through the courts already and no one had told me
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