Prevention in public passenger transport

In principle, personal preventive measures and preventive measures on public roads apply:

1.- Avoid unnecessary waits and pre-plan – to the best of your ability – your trip, consulting the website or application of your transport service, or at least, try to know precisely its schedules.

2.- Inform a responsible person of your planned route and estimated time of departure/arrival.

3.- If you regularly use public transportation, do not carry jewelry, jewelry, large sums of money, or anything that you are not willing to lose in an eventuality.

4.- When walking to the transport stop, do so along busy, well-lit avenues or streets. Try to go and return during the day. Join pedestrian groups when getting on or off transport.

5.- Wait where you feel most comfortable and safe, such as in a well-lit space and close to other people.

6.- The main security zones (security line with stripes of different colors depending on the country, on the platform) are waiting areas available at some stations that guarantee security features such as camera surveillance, improved lighting and access to telephones. emergency.

7.- If the train or bus is empty or almost empty, consider sitting near the train guard or bus driver.

8.- Do not start a conversation with strangers.

9.- If you remain stopped during your journey inside the transport, stay alert, pickpockets are usually on the lookout.

10.- If your safety is threatened by a fellow traveler, report the incident to the driver of the means of transport.

11.- Seek help from other passengers by asking specific people for help instead of making a general call for help.

12.- If you can and circumstances allow, go immediately to a safe public place, enter an open business, shout if necessary and, as soon as you can, seek police help.

13.- When leaving public transport, pay attention to who is getting off with you. Immediately go to a bright place and try to walk towards other people.

14.- Have a plan to get to your car or home when you get off public transportation, especially if it happens at night or early in the morning.

15.- Consider, according to your level of risk and circumstances, the acquisition of personal safety items, such as an audible alarm, defense spray, and a keychain lamp. Learn how and when to use them.

The need to travel daily using public transport services forces us to expose ourselves to a series of situations that, in addition to being uncomfortable, imply the risk of us becoming victims of lurking criminals. Given this, it is important that you consider the following recommendations.

1.- Reserve a taxi or vehicle from mobility companies through the corresponding application, telephone, SMS or Internet. Taxi and mobility companies that use applications keep a record of all reservations made.

2.- If possible, take a taxi from a safe taxi rank.

3.- Do not board units with tinted windows.

4.- Do not get into a taxi or ride-sharing vehicle if the driver makes you feel uncomfortable. You have the right to select another taxi/vehicle.

5.- In the case of taxis, write down – eventually – the taxi company and the fleet number and communicate it to a loved one via SMS or internet messaging.

6.- Some taxi or urban mobility companies allow you to share the details of your trip with family or acquaintances; Check with your company if they have this service.

7.- In the case of a rideshare, take note of the vehicle registration and make sure it matches that of the rideshare application.

8.- Take a seat where you feel most comfortable and safe. Diagonally opposite the driver is recommended.

9.- Stay alert to your surroundings and avoid revealing personal information to the driver. Let him or her know if you think the conversation is inappropriate.

10.- You can request to be dropped off a couple of houses away if you do not feel comfortable with the driver knowing your address.

11.- If your safety is threatened by the driver of the taxi/urban mobility car, ask him or her to stop.

12.- If you refuse to stop, ask for help, try to get the attention of other motorists or occasional passers-by.

13.- Follow your instinct. Do what you think will best preserve your safety.

14.- When arriving from a trip to an airport or bus terminal, never take a taxi that is not one of those that are duly authorized.

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