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Other new features include:
- Riders will also be able to designate five friends and share their location during every ride.
- Uber said it will commit $350,000 to improve communications between the nation’s thousands of 911 centers. Uber will also pilot 911 integration with local emergency authorities, starting in Denver. “If a rider uses Uber’s emergency button in one of our pilot cities, their location and trip details will be automatically sent to the 911 dispatcher,”
- Uber is also upgrading its driver screening process and will introduce new technology that continuously monitors new offenses by drivers using data sources that cover most new criminal offenses.
Comments
That's great accomplishing so much on their 280th day of their 180-days-to-change initiative. .
LOL
I've seen other smaller apps use this feature as their niche, "extra safety through panic button" and now Uber will have the same. It seems like Uber is just slowly consolidating all the small niche rideshare companies. I don't think anyone else has a chance. Do you agree?
I was all ready to make fun of Uber as I started reading this, but I'm now thinking this is pretty respectable
Let me take a shot.
The reason for including a 911-button is so they stop getting calls from their customers
The 911 button will be their most frequently used feature as every driver will need it at least every month of driving an Uber and being attacked by highly privileged passengers n