Uber cab was taken off the roads in New Delhi after the shocking rape incident last December in which an Uber passenger was raped by her cab driver. Only six cab services - Easy Cab, Mega Cab, Meru Cab, Chanson Cab, Yo Cab and Air Cab were allowed to operate thereafter. But very recently, the ban has been lifted and with this, Uber has resumed its services in the national capital.
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Uber that promised safety was unable to provide the same. It failed to do a proper background check of its driver who was involved in the rape. The same driver had earlier been charged of sexual assault in 2011. The phone number used by the driver for registration with Uber was not in his name.
Uber uses just the driver’s smartphone to track the car’s location which means these cabs were running without a GPS tracker. And not only this, Delhi's transport department had cited a number of other rules that were broken by Uber. In this light, can Uber be trusted now?
Uber cab was taken off the roads in New Delhi after the shocking rape incident last December in which an Uber passenger was raped by her cab driver. Only six cab services - Easy Cab, Mega Cab, Meru Cab, Chanson Cab, Yo Cab and Air Cab were allowed to operate thereafter. But very recently, the ban has been lifted and with this, Uber has resumed its services in the national capital.
Read : Are Uber and Ola Killing Livelihoods of Auto and Taxi Drivers?
Uber that promised safety was unable to provide the same. It failed to do a proper background check of its driver who was involved in the rape. The same driver had earlier been charged of sexual assault in 2011. The phone number used by the driver for registration with Uber was not in his name.
Uber uses just the driver’s smartphone to track the car’s location which means these cabs were running without a GPS tracker. And not only this, Delhi's transport department had cited a number of other rules that were broken by Uber. In this light, can Uber be trusted now?
