OK, so it’s been awhile since I posted. I have been super busy and just haven’t had the time although there are many things I would like to comment on. The following has been brewing for quite awhile and was revisited Friday night:
Bismarck’s cab service is unsafe. There I said it. Now I will explain why. By no means is it due to the drivers. As I have used the service more and more as bars and clubs offer free vouchers and I don’t like the insane fee the DMV charges to “store” your license during suspension periods, I have greatly appreciated this token of appreciation given by said bars and clubs.
The unsafe part comes in with a little something I like to call “collection cabbing”. This is where the cab company puts all the seats full to maximize profits. As anyone out of the local area may not know the solo cab company in town has nothing but minivans instead of the common cab sedan in most other areas of the country. I believe this is to maximize profits even more. Here is the situation: everyone leaving the bar is ushered into the cab whether they are using a voucher or paying themselves, said cab then drops off individuals at there respective places and returns to said club to repeat.
HELLO!!!
What if I was a potential stalker, rapist, etc waiting/lurking in the club shadows waiting for that single/alone female to leave all by her lonesome and get into this unsafe situation? All I would need to do is get myself a free voucher and join the ride and boom, I find out where said girl lives.
This threat also appears in other forms such as racial and other forms of hate crimes that have the potential for getting ugly.
So please do your part and one, refuse to participate in this action, and two warn others of its potentially dangerous outcomes.