Uber drivers spotted DEFECATING in gardens on millionaire’s rowUBER rivers have been accused of POOING in the gardens of multi-million pound homes as they try to make cash on lucrative airport runs.
And when well-heeled villagers in the leafy Stanwell, Surrey, complain about the potty behaviour, they say expletives are hurled at them from the foul-mouthed drivers.
Vigilante residents in the area, where many homes are worth over £3million, are now naming and shaming the cabbies by posting images of them on Facebook.
A newly-launched Facebook group called "Uber off out of Stanwell" protestors claim claim drivers from the app-based minicab service use their gardens as toilets, swear at residents and toss food waste and litter out of their cab windows while on a run to nearby Heathrow Airport.
A spokesman for the group said: "All that Uber is interested in is profit and how many drivers use this app and how many people they get to use this app.”
Campaigners have been naming and shaming minicab drivers by posting images of them on the Facebook page.
The spokesman said there are at least 20 to 30 Uber drivers who regularly park and congregate outside shops, causing disabled and elderly people to park farther away.
He says abuse from minicab drivers has still not improved, despite Uber saying it is monitoring the situation and urging residents to report the behaviour so it could 'take appropriate action'.
He said: "It has upset us all beyond belief. You have to scream and scream before someone listens and when they do it’s too late.
"All we need is the community to join together and get our streets back. I’m not asking for David Cameron to come down.
"We want our streets back. All we want is our community back and for it not to be used as a free car park.
"It's opened my eyes to the wider implications Uber could have on London’s cab drivers.
"The ultimate solution is if David Cameron and Boris Johnson want Uber to be part of our society, then let them have the same rules and conditions as the black cab drivers.
"Let’s see how long Uber lasts - because it won’t.”
Uber said since receiving complaints it had stopped allowing drivers to receive dispatches on residential streets in the areas around Heathrow.
A spokesman said: "We have been closely monitoring the situation and can see on our mapping system that there are no cars logged into the Uber app on these streets.
"We have sent a representative from Uber to the area and can confirm that there are no Uber vehicles there.
"We will continue to monitor this and would ask residents to let us know of any issues by going to t.uber.com/lhr_offence."
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