| Taxi Driver Online http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/ |
|
| Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25730 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/d ... epage=true |
|
| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/delhi-govt-bans-uber-taxi-operations/article6672859.ece?homepage=true Is it repeat day today on TDO or something? ; viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25724 |
|
| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
ALSO; New Delhi bans Uber after alleged rape by driver Indian capital New Delhi bans taxi service Uber after alleged rape by driver By AP 10:49AM GMT 08 Dec 2014 The Indian capital on Monday banned taxi-booking service Uber after a woman was allegedly raped by one of its drivers. Transport official Satish Mathur made the announcement as the 32-year-old suspect appeared in a New Delhi court. Police say they expect the court to formally charge Shiv Kumar Yadav with raping the finance company employee. He was hired to ferry her home from a dinner engagement on Friday night. The CEO of San Francisco-based Uber, Travis Kalanick, said the company would do "everything to bring the perpetrator to justice and to support the victim and her family in her recovery." He also sought to sheet some of the blame on to officials, saying the company would work with the government to establish clear background checks that are "currently absent in their commercial transportation licensing programs." The case, almost two years after a young woman was fatally gang raped on a bus in the capital, has renewed national anger over sexual violence in India and demands for more effort to ensure women's safety. The government rushed through legislation last year to double prison terms for rape to 20 years and to criminalise voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women. But activists say much more needs to be done, including better educating youths and adding basic infrastructure, such as street lights and bathrooms to prevent women from getting caught out alone in the dark. The New Delhi ban is a blow for Uber, which has courted acclamation and controversy around the world with a service based on hailing taxis from a smartphone app. It has faced restrictions in other countries after licensed taxi operators claimed the service was competing unfairly. Police told Press Trust of India they were working to verify Yadav's claims that he had been acquitted of rape charges in 2011, after spending seven months in jail. PTI did not give any further details or name the police source. PTI also reported that the 26-year-old woman who reported Friday's rape had fallen asleep during the ride home. When she woke up, she found the car parked in a secluded place. The driver then threatened her and raped her. Source; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... river.html |
|
| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
This needs repeating!!! Time and time and time and time again!! Then perhaps this government will follow suit and ban Uber in this country!!! |
|
| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: This needs repeating!!! Time and time and time and time again!! Then perhaps this government will follow suit and ban Uber in this country!!! why? - is the Indian private hire trade different to ours? has India even got a two tier form of licensing? Was the driver involved licensed? Does India vet taxi or minicab drivers? |
|
| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 8:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: Then perhaps this government will follow suit and ban Uber in this country!!! If a rapist driver leads to a firm being banned then I doubt there would be many firms left in the big cities, certainly wouldn't be any left down here. 
|
|
| Author: | toots [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: This needs repeating!!! Time and time and time and time again!! Then perhaps this government will follow suit and ban Uber in this country!!! why? - is the Indian private hire trade different to ours? has India even got a two tier form of licensing? Was the driver involved licensed? Does India vet taxi or minicab drivers? I do believe it has or at least it has two tier vehicles |
|
| Author: | toots [ Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Delhi government bans Uber taxi operations |
Using Delhi taxis: Shilpa Kannan, BBC News, Delhi  Delhi's Ambassador taxi I have been using taxis in Delhi for the past 14 years. The main option initially were black-and-yellow, smelly and dilapidated Ambassadors run by the local taxi rank and I used them regularly, night and day. That was until a few years ago when private "radio taxi" services were introduced which promised swanky new cars and better trained, more polite drivers. That's when many people, including me, switched to them even though they were more expensive. I began to use Easy Cabs, Mega Cabs and Meru. I would call into their call centres and book a pick up and they almost always delivered. These cars are all fitted with GPS which means they can be tracked as they journey through the city's streets. Safety is an issue in Delhi and like most women in the city, when I get into a taxi alone, I call home and give the car licence plate number and an estimated arrival time. Meru, one of the largest radio taxi operators in India with nearly 6,000 cars, also introduced a "trip tracker facility" where an automatic messaging system sends regular updates about your trip to a contact of yours. But as many of the Meru, Mega and Easy cabs have been run down from overuse, in recent months, I began using the newer services like Ola, TaxiForSure and Uber which connect customers with drivers through their apps and charge a commission on every ride. After the weekend incident, I have decided to go back to my local taxi rank - I'm more comfortable with the smelly Ambassador with the driver who has been driving it for decades. line Uber, which is based in San-Francisco, said safety was paramount and that it had GPS traces of all journeys. Established in 2009, the company operates in dozens of countries and recently attracted investment which values it at $40bn (£25bn). The latest allegation of rape has again put the spotlight on the issue of sexual violence against Indian women, following a series of recent incidents. It comes days before the second anniversary of the gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi, which prompted global outrage and a tightening of the laws on sexual violence. Correspondents, however, say tougher laws have failed to bring down the number of rape cases - according to the National Crime Records Bureau, India recorded 33,707 cases in 2013 as against 24,923 in 2012. And many in India are taking to social media to express their anger about the latest incident with #DelhiShamedAgain trending heavily on Twitter. |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|