Man-Free Uber Alternative Hits The App Store This Month

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'A new women-only ride share app is launching in an effort to offer a safer transportation alternative for women.

Chariot for Women launches on April 19, and will work in the exact same way as GPS-based ride shares like Uber and Lyft — with one major difference: only women will be able to drive, and only women and children are able to be passengers.

The app was created by Michael and Kelly Pelletz, a married couple whose income depended on Michael’s driving for Uber after the crumbling of his family business. According to the Chariot for Women website, as a driver, one experience left Michael particularly unsettled: He picked up a young man in his 20s, who he soon realized was seriously inebriated and who became somewhat aggressive. Michael nervously sought help from a police officer.

“How would a woman handle that situation, especially when I was so nervous myself?” Michael wrote.'