As per Police, Uber did not even bother getting a Police verification of the driver done before contracting him to drive for them. If true that is a real low for them.
Anyone using a taxi in India (specially at night), please be overtly careful. I know of guys who dozed off and were driven to a secluded spot and robbed. You just can't trust anyone in this land. Shithole it indeed is.
okay, i read this news yesterday night. incidentally my sister was in a an uber half an hour away from my place. I called her and asked her to send a screenshot of driver as well as told her to be careful.
thought Uber is safe..guess not. Atleast ola and taxiforsure have GPS installed.
from my understanding the phone that driver carries is the only gps in the cabs connected with uber. which of course can be turned off. though i could be wrong.
i am reading that uber did not verify driver's identity and he was using a fake name and address. i kind of find this hard to believe. the name etc. have to be accurate for the payments to work. how can one guy accept payments if he used a fake name to register with uber? he has to have a whole fake identity with bank accounts and license etc. to get away with it.
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