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Ola, Uber said to Have Asked Their Indian Partners to Ensure Working Rear Seatbelt
Uber Technologies is said to have asked its drivers in India to ensure backseat seatbelts in their vehicles are accessible to passengers and they work, days after Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of India's Tata Sons, died in a crash involving his Mercedes. Ola has also sent an advisory to drivers in recent weeks to enforce seatbelt rules, a compa...
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Uber to Use Alerts to Remind Riders to Buckle Up as US Traffic Deaths Spike
Uber plans to begin reminding passengers to wear seat belts by pinging driver phones and sending riders messages amid a spike in US traffic deaths.
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Uber, Delivery Services To Compensate Drivers Who Catch Coronavirus
Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus.
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Defends Company’s Safety Record
Uber provided many numbers last week when it released its first-ever safety report, tallying thousands of incidents of sexual assault and death among its drivers and passengers. Now come the questions the 84-page report didn't answer.
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US Student's Murder Could Lead To New Law For Cab-Hailing Services
A college student was killed in South Carolina last week after she mistakenly got into the wrong vehicle, thinking it was an Uber. Hours later, she was found dead in a field by hunters. Her death has heightened calls to improve the safety of ride-hailing services.
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Second South Korea Taxi Driver Burns Self To Protest New Ride-Sharing App
A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.
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Uber Driver Arrested After Passenger Shot Dead in US
Police in the US city of Denver have arrested an Uber driver for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his passenger.
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Waymo Chief Says His Tech Would Have Averted Fatal Uber Crash
The CEO of Waymo, the Google subsidiary tasked with developing driverless cars, has said the recent death of a pedestrian in an accident involving an autonomous car would not have occurred with his company's technology.
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Uber Self Driving Taxi Kills Pedestrian In A Road Accident In USA
An autonomous Volvo XC90 belonging to Uber hit a pedestrian in Arizona resulting in her death. This could be the first marked instance of a self-driving car resulting in a person's death.
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Self-Driving Car Industry Faces Critical Test After First Death
The death of a woman in Arizona struck by a self-driving car with no human control, the first fatality involving a fully autonomous vehicle, is an event the nascent industry has long dreaded and comes at a sensitive time.
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Self-Driving Uber Car Kills US Woman In First Autonomous Vehicle Death
A woman died of her injuries after being struck by a Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, and the ride hailing company said it had suspended its autonomous vehicle program across the United States and Canada.
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Uber Eats Driver Charged With Murder In The Shooting Death Of A Customer, Police Say
An Uber Eats driver has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a customer Saturday in Atlanta.
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Uber Driver Heard A Boom. Then He Realised Passenger Had Been Shot
The couple started arguing shortly after they got inside the Uber early Sunday morning.
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Yet Another Crisis For Uber: Six Vacant Executive Jobs, And No Active CEO
Founder and CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick took a leave of absence from the first after the death of his mother in a tragic boating accident and amid a vast overhaul of the company's hard-driving culture. Kalanick is leaving behind a shell of a management team that, as of Thursday morning, had at least six vacant senior jobs, as well as no clear exe...
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Tesla Crash Could Hurt Sentiment On Driverless Cars
The death of a driver who was using Tesla Motors' semi-autonomous mode could add to the public's apprehension of driverless cars even before they reach the road in big numbers. Most major automakers and technology companies, including Google and Uber, are working on fully autonomous cars, and have worried that a highly publicized crash could hurt t...
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Ola, Uber said to Have Asked Their Indian Partners to Ensure Working Rear Seatbelt
Uber Technologies is said to have asked its drivers in India to ensure backseat seatbelts in their vehicles are accessible to passengers and they work, days after Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of India's Tata Sons, died in a crash involving his Mercedes. Ola has also sent an advisory to drivers in recent weeks to enforce seatbelt rules, a compa...
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Uber to Use Alerts to Remind Riders to Buckle Up as US Traffic Deaths Spike
Uber plans to begin reminding passengers to wear seat belts by pinging driver phones and sending riders messages amid a spike in US traffic deaths.
-
Uber, Delivery Services To Compensate Drivers Who Catch Coronavirus
Multiple rideshare and food delivery companies are following in the footsteps of Uber, which announced it would compensate its drivers who catch the new coronavirus.
-
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Defends Company’s Safety Record
Uber provided many numbers last week when it released its first-ever safety report, tallying thousands of incidents of sexual assault and death among its drivers and passengers. Now come the questions the 84-page report didn't answer.
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US Student's Murder Could Lead To New Law For Cab-Hailing Services
A college student was killed in South Carolina last week after she mistakenly got into the wrong vehicle, thinking it was an Uber. Hours later, she was found dead in a field by hunters. Her death has heightened calls to improve the safety of ride-hailing services.
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Second South Korea Taxi Driver Burns Self To Protest New Ride-Sharing App
A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.
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Uber Driver Arrested After Passenger Shot Dead in US
Police in the US city of Denver have arrested an Uber driver for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his passenger.
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Waymo Chief Says His Tech Would Have Averted Fatal Uber Crash
The CEO of Waymo, the Google subsidiary tasked with developing driverless cars, has said the recent death of a pedestrian in an accident involving an autonomous car would not have occurred with his company's technology.
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Uber Self Driving Taxi Kills Pedestrian In A Road Accident In USA
An autonomous Volvo XC90 belonging to Uber hit a pedestrian in Arizona resulting in her death. This could be the first marked instance of a self-driving car resulting in a person's death.
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Self-Driving Car Industry Faces Critical Test After First Death
The death of a woman in Arizona struck by a self-driving car with no human control, the first fatality involving a fully autonomous vehicle, is an event the nascent industry has long dreaded and comes at a sensitive time.
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Self-Driving Uber Car Kills US Woman In First Autonomous Vehicle Death
A woman died of her injuries after being struck by a Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, and the ride hailing company said it had suspended its autonomous vehicle program across the United States and Canada.
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Uber Eats Driver Charged With Murder In The Shooting Death Of A Customer, Police Say
An Uber Eats driver has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a customer Saturday in Atlanta.
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Uber Driver Heard A Boom. Then He Realised Passenger Had Been Shot
The couple started arguing shortly after they got inside the Uber early Sunday morning.
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Yet Another Crisis For Uber: Six Vacant Executive Jobs, And No Active CEO
Founder and CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick took a leave of absence from the first after the death of his mother in a tragic boating accident and amid a vast overhaul of the company's hard-driving culture. Kalanick is leaving behind a shell of a management team that, as of Thursday morning, had at least six vacant senior jobs, as well as no clear exe...
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Tesla Crash Could Hurt Sentiment On Driverless Cars
The death of a driver who was using Tesla Motors' semi-autonomous mode could add to the public's apprehension of driverless cars even before they reach the road in big numbers. Most major automakers and technology companies, including Google and Uber, are working on fully autonomous cars, and have worried that a highly publicized crash could hurt t...
