Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by Aloisius on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:33PM
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Why don't your driver friends just put a small camera in the cab? In the US this is fairly common in cabs, though not at all in towncars. It prevents a whole host of potential problems.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by rhdoenges on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:39PM
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Seems the incident may have been recorded:
> Messages related to the incident on neighborhood email groups state that the incident was caught on security cameras mounted to the victim's home.
source: http://dcist.com/2013/03/uber_driver_charged_with_sexual_ass...
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by rhdoenges on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:33PM
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It says she paid her fare. What other motive could she have had to make this accusation?
Unfortunately, there is little evidence to go on at this point aside from her testimony, so much of this discussion is mere speculation.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by Aloisius on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:35PM
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It is an uber. The fare is automatically paid with or without her.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by rhdoenges on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:36PM
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Ah, my mistake.
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by jiggy2011 on Thursday March 14, 2013 @03:40PM
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Just straightforward blackmail and extortion perhaps?
Re:Uber driver charged with raping woman in D.C.
by speeder on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:10PM
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Here in Brazil this is not to avoid fare, fare is chump change, it is to extort, or "repent". One case that I know, the woman had consensual sex with the driver, and got pregnant, her boyfriend dumped her, and then she accused the driver of rape. Happily for the driver she was a bad liar and contradicted herself many times, so the cops dropped the case.
Also, being a driver is kinda dangerous regarding that, I have some driver friends, and they all have the same rule: They don't pick up lone women, period, it might be raining, hurricane, dust storm, middle of the night, day, whatever, if she is a woman, and alone, they don't pick up them, ever.
It is because here in Brazil at least, is a very common scam to a women accuse a driver (be him professional, like a cabbie or Uber-like driver, or a volunteer that wants to help a hitchhiker) of rape, or make threats to accuse him unless he pays her something.
On this case in particular, I think the best is wait for what a judge and evidence has to say.