Calgary cab driver arrested in sexual assault investigation

[taco.vidal]

http://globalnews.ca/news/1804159/se...-horror-story/

I thought it was only Uber drivers who did stuff like this!

Calgary Police have arrested a cab driver in the sexual assault investigation but no official word on charges.

Since the victim has come forward other are reporting different complaints against Calgary cabbies.

Another woman has come forward to say she too was afraid after riding in a Calgary cab.

Her story comes on the heels of another story involving a Calgary woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a Calgary taxi driver.

[Ozy_Flame]

I'm going to get attacked for this, but I don't think we know enough details about this case. Was the driver receiving wrong instructions? Could he understand what she was saying? I'm more referring to the second story in the article of "not going down Deerfoot", does that constitute assault? Feeling creeped out?

My emotional side is to sympathize with the victim, but my logical side is saying what the context was in the situation, especially for the second story in the article.

[Peanut]

Umm, there's a few stories being combined in one article. One woman was raped (or sexually assaulted, to use the legal/judicial term). A cab driver has been arrested in relation to that rape.

Then, the article moves to quotes from a few other Calgary women who have felt intimidated in recent cab situations. If you tell someone "go to Deerfoot" and the cab driver is going the opposite direction to Deerfoot, not responding to your questions or destination instructions, and giving you a bad vibe, I think it's ok to trust your gut and GTFO.

It's just the media being the media, though. "A woman was (allegedly) raped in a cab. Now let's gather some quotes about other intimidating and/or somewhat sketchy cab experiences and start scaring the female population about their safety when taking a cab ride!" Fear sells.