Assaulted by a cab driver?

[TiCtOc]

I guess I threw caution to the wind a BIT too much last trip!

I averaged 4-6 taxis most days for the month I was in Negril , that is between 120 and 180 random rides, later in the month for late night excursions I used the same driver due to cost and reliability and saving me walking to hail a taxi in massively high heels.

In ALL of the rides I never encountered a problem and only once out of ALL them rides did a driver ask did I need a ride and I just did not like the look of him and his tone of voice.
Coulda been something or nothing.I did need a ride but I said no thanks just popping to the shops and declined.
I was solo on many of these rides, some taxis I shared with Jamaicans some alone.I would never got in a car with 2 men in though and I would have got out if they picked an extra man up.
I guess I was lucky?
The reports are scary and I do not think it is fair when people immediately blame the victim or assume it is all lies and blame them for not researching things properly.
If it was a red plate then what was there to research?
It could happen in any place to anyone and then I bet the ones pointing the finger if it ever happened to them or their loved ones would not be so quick to judge and assume.
Granted some stories get twisted or there is more to the story than an angry or resentful poster may post for some other reason.But for the ones that are genuine and true.HUSH.
Stuff happens in the world more so where there is a lack of money and jobs and where there are hardships.I am sorry for the ladies it happened to and I hope it has not scared and scarred them for life and I hope we all stay safe in the future,BUT if anything should happen to one of us or anyone else for that matter please do not blame the victim, and all of the sites witholding this extremely important piece of information and other reports like it are so wrong.You all talk about research and being informed.If posts get removed like in TA (weathermon u tell tale haha) but correct as it was not related to co co then how do we inform ourselves if the truth is continually hidden?I will not be stopped from going to Jamaica from those posts but at least I have been warned about the possibilities instead of wandering around with my head in the clouds (which is fun and I may still do) We need to be informed to make informed decisions the good the bad and the sometimes ugly!
Thankyou and goodnight I have said my piece