best damned taxi service in Mumbai

[roguevalley]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/theres-a-taxi-service-for-women-in-mumbai-run-by-female-mart

Ever since a woman was allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi, the subject of women’s safety on Indian transport has been in the headlines. As a result, India’s Home Ministry advised all states to ban all unregistered web-based taxi firms. Yesterday Hyderabad became the second city to ban Uber.
Now there is a new taxi firm, Viira Cabs, which is run strictly by women, for women, and whose drivers are trained in martial arts and armed with knives and pepper spray.

pictures and more at the link. awesome.

[Suich]

1. What a fantastic idea!

Hope the idea spreads!

[shenmue]

2. Yeah!

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Good pics at the link, too.

Thanks for the post.
Hope they are not shut down by the local gov. there.