The service “Pink taxi” created in August 2006 for transportation of women and children only, is getting more and more popular in Moscow. The new service is aimed at helping women to avoid taxi rape cases quite frequent nowadays. The absence of men in a taxi car is a positive factor for both female Moscow citizens anxious about their safety and for Muslim women.
      At the moment the auto park of the service has 10 pink cars Daewoo Matiz and Nexia, and the staff consists of 20 female drivers. Originally created for women and children only, now the service lets men get into taxi cars too if they are accompanied by a woman. On of the passengers of “Pink taxi” says: “Some ill-bred persons claim this all has to do with feminists and lesbians, while many women and their husbands feel better about being in a car with a female driver”.
      
      Source: www.votpusk.ru