1. Uber is an aggregator of Cabs and operates around the World.
2. Uber is an online only Company and does not have any phone number, address or any other info to contact in case of emergency.
3. Uber promises Safe Travel of its riders by employing drivers after verification, tracking of cabs and other safety systems.
4. It does NOT take any responsibility of the cabs or drivers' behavior if anything were to happen to the rider. (Did you read #3 ?)
5. Uber claims to be a Technology Company.
6. Uber does not follow any local law anywhere in the world and even in some parts of the USA and has been banned because of the same reason.
Now let's come to the this incident. A female rider had complained to Uber on November 26th about the same Driver (Shiv Yadav) and what did Uber do ? Nothing, Nada, Zilch. Just the usual automated we will get back to you email.
Just look at the gravity of the situation. First Uber hires a rapist as a driver without any verification, then when a female rider complains to Uber about the driver's behavior, they do nothing. Still they act like they are the victims. I have read all of Uber's statements (more like sermons) since the incident and all of them have been nothing but condescending in nature. Meanwhile Uber have admitted that they didn't verify even a single driver out of the 4,000 that they hired, and they still showcase themselves as a premium and safe service.
They have been banned in Portland, Oregon too. Take a look at the reason.
Quote:
“If Uber thinks there should be no maximum price on what they charge Portlanders, they should make their case to the Portland City Council. If Uber thinks taxi companies shouldn’t have to serve people with disabilities, they should make their case. If Uber thinks taxis should not have to have proper insurance in case of a crash, they should tell us why we should allow that,” Novick said.
|
They claim they are a Technology Company and hence don't need to follow any local laws, do any verification of drivers and not even buy insurance for their cabs, they don't want to serve people with disabilities at all.
Imagine if tomorrow your favorite airline were to re-brand itself as a technological company, lease airplanes and hire pilots without doing any checks & after a crash, they start making the excuse they are a technology company (selling online tickets on a website/app) and are not liable for anything. Will you travel in that airline ?
I had heard the Uber was a really crappy company but now after reading
this interview it sickens me how they are trying to buy the victim by throwing money at her. Also count the number of times the word '
willing' has been used by Uber, like they are doing a favor. The tone and message of that interview is that Uber is doing a charity service by following the laws of the land that they should have followed in the first place.
Quote:
"We are also willing to be subjected to Indian laws and regulatory regime. We have done that in other markets and we are willing to do it here,"
"We would be happy to assist in her recovery. Financially. If there are things that we can do to help her, we will do.
And I think that is the right thing,"
[FONT=arial]Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...campaign=cppst[/FONT]
"We would be happy to assist in her recovery. Financially. If there are things that we can do to help her, we will do.
And I think that is the right thing,"
[FONT=arial]Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...campaign=cppst"We would be happy to assist in her recovery. Financially. If there are things that we can do to help her, we will do.
And I think that is the right thing,"[/FONT]
"We would be happy to assist in her recovery. Financially. If there are things that we can do to help her, we will do. And I think that is the right thing,"
On the issue of police verification of drivers, Uber said that it is willing to work with third party verification agencies to perform background checks on drivers. It is also willing to set up a call centre in India.
On the issue of installing GPS trackers, he said that the company is willing to install physical devices in cabs of its partner-drivers 'if that helps'.
|
Am sure there will be more updates in the case but I think the government has done the correct thing by banning all App based companies which operate with All India Permit Cabs and don't have license to operate on intra-city routes.
Link 1 Twitter :
http://t.co/Ho4ZpA3xbn
Link 2 Twitter :
http://t.co/e4Hl6dEI4f