When choosing and communicating with your ride companion:

• When using the messaging system, never list your home address or other personal information, even if asked. We will never give away indentifying information to other CabCorner users and you shouldn’t either. Only after you have met the person and feel comfortable exchanging private information, should you consider divulging such information.
  
  
• If you decide to move your communications off the messaging feature provided, we recommend you sign up for a free Yahoo!, Hotmail, or Gmail account that you use just for these types of communications. Don't put your full name in the “From field” - only your first name or something else. This protects you from a person being able to search your normal email address to find out more information about you.

When meeting a “Cab Companion”:

• Meet in a Public Place or on a Busy Corner or at a Hot Spot
  When it's time to schedule your ride, use the meeting options presented to you by CabCorner.com and plan to meet at one of those points. Do not tell your companion to meet you at the address you are currently at, unless it is a well trafficked public space or a sponsored Hot Spot. Your initial meeting will tell you a lot about the other person, including whether or not s/he lied in her/his profile.
  Introduce yourself and ask for their name. Their first name, age, gender, and picture should match what is displayed on the Ride Management page. And the address s/he has indicated as their destination should be the one at which your companion intends to exit. Your gut instincts will kick in if your companion deviates from these basic points of information. Never accept an offer to be picked up at your house. And we recommend that you tell a friend about your ride, including where and when you intend to take the ride.
  
  
• Trust Your Gut
  Your instinct is a powerful medium for knowing when something doesn't feel right. It is also a great way to measure when to move forward with someone and when to turn and walk the other way. As you meet the person, your instincts help tell you if something is "right" or if something is out of alignment. The "out of alignment" message is your cue to be careful and if something is off, you can simply say you are sorry but you are unable to take the ride at this point in time and simply leave the location. Trust your gut instinct, it's the most powerful psychological tool you have at your disposal.
  
  
• Don't Provide Personal Information
  Your home phone number and full name provide easy ways to track who you are and where you live. Our system never reveals your full name, or the address to where you are heading or your email or phone number. So in your correspondence with your companion we recommend you only use the message feature to communicate with your companion(s) and never give out any other contact information unless you feel comfortable doing so.
  
  
• Try not to leave home or current location without your mobile phone. If you have a mobile phone, take it with you on your rides. Most cell phones can be used to call 911 or to simply contact a friend or family.

When riding in the cab:

• Do not discuss travel plans, details about current destination, your address or any other personal information with your companion unless you feel comfortable doing so.
  
  
• Check the seat belts in the cab you get into. They must all be working, if all the seats are going to be occupied. Surveys, and studies have shown that drivers and passengers that wear seat belts have a higher chance of survival after an accident. This is a simple safety tip that many drivers and passengers fail to follow. With more passengers in the car, the damage done by the accident can be severe. If one person is not wearing a seat belt, he/she can suffocate the rest of the passengers after the accident. This is why each and every passenger should wear a seat belt.
  
  
• If you hit it off with your ride companion, DON'T take your companion to your home (or to go to his/her home). Stay in a public place, possibly extend the meeting by getting out at a mutually agreed upon location and if you desire to see this person in the future, we recommend you take his/her contact information and arrange a second meeting for sometime in the future.

When exiting the cab:

• Pay the driver the complete amount on the meter (if you are the final rider) or hand over your portion of the ride cost to the other rider(s) upon arriving at your destination, while you are still sitting in the vehicle.
  
  
• Have your tip amount ready in advance and give it directly to the cab driver.
  
  
• Our system will only reveal and suggest a corner as a destination point. It will always be the closest corner to your intended destination address. We recommend you stick to the route plan we have provided you so that you do not reveal the location of the actual address you are intending to go to, to anyone else in the cab.
  
  
• If a ride companion decides to get out with you and that was not what was stated in their initial ride criteria, we suggest asking the rider “why he/she is also getting out here” and if the answer does not sit right with you, get back in the cab and have the cab drop you off at the nearest place where there are other people. Once you are located in such a place, if the ride companion is still with you, you are now able to separate yourself from him or her among the safety of others and from there you can decide what the best course of action would be. Calling a friend, the police, family or simply making sure you are able to make it to your intended destination without being followed.