In Australia, nine male Uber and taxi drivers have been charged with assaulting their female passengers in the past 12 months, while another four taxi drivers have been convicted over older incidents.
In October last year, Muhammad Naveed was charged with allegedly raping a 22-year-old British tourist who had been in Australia for three weeks.
The 39-year-old Uber driver, who faces trial in January, allegedly pulled alongside the woman in Sydney's Kings Cross and offered her a lift home, which she accepted.
He then drove her to a dark street where he allegedly parked and raped her.
A month later, two Sydney women came forward after they were indecently assaulted in separate events by the same 61-year-old taxi driver in the city's inner-west.
The charges were dismissed under mental health legislation as the court heard the driver was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
In December, a 25-year-old taxi driver was charged with allegedly indecently assaulting a 21-year-old woman at Freshwater on Sydney's northern beaches after propositioning her.
In June, a Lismore taxi driver was charged with the alleged indecent assault of an 18-year-old passenger.
Police alleged the driver dropped the teenager off before later entering her home where he indecently assaulted her.
In September, a Sydney Uber driver was refused bail after he was accused of raping a 26-year-old female passenger in Carlingford.
He will front court later this month.
In October, a 26-year-old taxi driver was charged with indecently assaulting a 19-year-old.
Another taxi driver, aged 32, was charged with indecently assaulting a teenager who fell asleep in his car on Sydney's northern beaches.
Also last month, an Adelaide woman was allegedly bashed by a cab driver who left her feeling "worthless and humiliated", nursing a black eye and suffering bruised ribs.
In the past year, another four taxi drivers have been convicted over older incidents.
In January, Perth taxi driver Simardeep Singh pleaded guilty to three charges over sexual offences that allegedly took place in 2011.
A court found he fled overseas just 24 hours after he raped a female passenger and indecently assaulted another on the same night.
The same month, Sydney taxi driver Yi Jin "Peter" Chen was stripped of his licence after a tribunal found he drove an intoxicated female passenger to a secluded location, took selfies of them together and drove her home.
What should have been a quick trip from Kings Cross to Darlinghurst turned into a two-hour journey.
The next morning he texted the woman pictures of herself with the message: "Hey sassy, come ana [sic] get a ride with me anyiime [sic]."
In February, an Uber driver in Western Australia was found guilty of indecently assaulting a female passenger.
Zeljiko Koncarevic put his hand up the skirt of the then 20-year-old woman and touched her genitals as he drove his Jaguar along Canning Highway in June last year.
In May, Melbourne taxi driver Omar Hassan was convicted of three counts of indecent assault and earned a six-month jail term, which was suspended for 18 months.
His defence counsel Ben Mallick said the 20-year-old female passenger could "avoid this incident happening by sitting in the back seat".
Entrepreneur Emma Buchanan will next month launch a female-only ride-sharing service in Melbourne, SheSafe Taxi, to offer women and children a transport option run by women.
"Our concern is that women and young girls shouldn't have to feel uncomfortable or scared about getting into a ride-sharing service," Buchanan told BuzzFeed News.
SheSafe Taxi would also allow women with children to work flexible hours, she said.
"Only 10% of drivers in ride-sharing services are female."
Buchanan plans to eventually expand the service to Brisbane and Perth.