Ride-Share Security - Why the need for Bonded Ride Share’s “Triple Security” features:

Bonded ride share arose from the need created by the Ride-Share industry’s providing economy and convenience over safety, and the financial exploitation of drivers in the new gig economy.

We will address the matter of Safety in this article. Merely sending a picture of the driver and their vehicle info to the rider seems a safe enough security measure on the surface. But what if this driver is a criminal or person of interest in an investigation somewhere and because the abbreviated background check the ride share company did on him using only his Social Security number/ Drivers lic number, was vastly inadequate to catch that?

Then the Ride-Share company just sent a criminal to pick you up. What then?

Actually According to the Guardian in a published article on December 5th of 2019:

“Uber passengers reported over 3,000 sexual assaults last year, report says”

“The rideshare company released its first-ever safety report in the wake of a House committee calling for improved policy”

”Uber reported over 3,000 sexual assaults last year” alone. “More than 3,000 Uber passengers reported sexual assaults in 2018, the ride-sharing company revealed in its first-ever safety report on Friday Nov 6th 2019. Nine passengers were murdered and 58 riders were killed in crashes last year, the report said”.

There is also an extremely high possibility some reports say as high as a 97% chance (Since some have suggested there may be as high as a 97% turnover rate among drivers each year leaving only 3% of drivers up to the task) that the person that is coming to pick you up is most likely an amateur, untrained, and/or an inexperienced driver, who just started that day, week or month and has only a few rides under their belt.

You are now trusting your life and/or the lives of your loved ones to that amateur to transport you/them safely somewhere, which in the past was done only by an experienced and trained taxi or ground transportation driver approved by the DOT.

This problem has been plaguing the public for about a decade now, since the advent of Ride-Share services came on the scene.

The more vulnerable segments of the public (young women riders) realize this, and are naturally disturbed by these facts, but to a large degree have simply adjusted to the risk and hoped for the best, and that the rule of large numbers (the ratio of large numbers of actual rides given vs the actual number of criminal incidents) will come out in their favor. More akin to rolling the dice counting on the odds being in their favor.

As Reported in The Guardian:

Actually “The numbers are jarring and hard to digest,” Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer, told the New York Times. “What it says is that Uber is a reflection of the society it serves.”

Does this sound like more of an excuse than a social commentary? Well you be the judge. But when it comes to your safety would you be content with rolling the dice or selecting a safer means of transportation?

Also reported by the Guardian: “In 2017, the company counted 2,936 reported sexual assaults during 1bn US trips. Uber bases its numbers on reports from riders and drivers, meaning the actual numbers could be much higher. Sexual assaults commonly go unreported.”

Until recently many unnamed incidents obviously went unreported or even more disturbing, un-investigated by the ride-Share companies or just where swept under the rug so-to-speak to avoid scandal. That was before they where forced to investigate and issue a report years after these companies where in operation.

While Ride-Share companies have addressed for years, providing low-Cost fares for the public and increased availability of drivers using their personal vehicles to accommodate transportation needs of the public, unfortunately, they needed to address safety all along instead of giving it lower priority over convenience and cost effectiveness.

All that being said: What if the risks could be drastically reduced? Somehow could this problem be addressed in the Ride-Share industry itself without bringing back the high costs of the Taxi Services of yesterday? And are all these security issues worth the increased cost-effectiveness and convenience that ride share companies offer?

Well this is the problem BONDED RIDE-SHARE services are now addressing and as a result have implemented what we call a “Hybrid Ride-ShareTM” system.

This system employes a form of Fusion of the best of both industries: Traditional Ground Transport systems with more recent security features of the Ride Share industry, coupled with a third security feature; Bonding their drivers. This addresses some additional financial issues such as losses, passengers may have suffered with in the past due to theft or dishonesty on the part of drivers. We refer to this as our “Triple security system” which addresses additional potentially criminal behavior on the part of drivers.

Other than Security issues, there is also another very serious issue that Bonded Ride-Share‘s Hybrid Ride ShareTM system addresses and that is a problem affecting drivers themselves and by extension also the quality of rides given. This is: The financial and emotional exploitation of drivers by ride share Companies. This may sound like strong language of course but doesn’t just stop with the Ride Share Companies.

While the ride share companies are seeking to survive at the driver’s expense by attempting to please the public whose demands include economical rides (also at the driver’s expense) the quality of services being received by the riders has been severely affected and even hampered in the process.

This problem has also been addressed by BONDED RIde-Share in their ”Hybrid” business model, and will also be discussed in future articles appearing here. Feel free to Return often here for updates. If you join with your email address you will automatically be notified as articles are posted And will provide opportunities to receive coupons on BONDED rides in the future.