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UBER - ANCAP ***** is mandatory

Effective 1 October 2019 Uber has the service, while drivers of existing Uber vehicles must have four doors,
banned cars with an ANCAP rating models that don’t meet the standard so Mustang owners need not apply.
of less than five stars from joining have two years to upgrade.
Mr Goodwin says “providing
ANCAP chief executive James everyone with a safe environment is
Goodwin hailed the move as important.”
“strong, responsible policy”
but some Uber drivers online “Five star safety is now the expected
say the development originally standard among car buyers, and
announced in April is not fair. we should expect the same high
standard whenever we use a car as
Five-star scores are a mobility service,” he says.
increasingly tough to get.
Basic features such as “This should be the benchmark for
airbags must be augmented others in the ride-share, carshare
by autonomous emergency and taxi industry to follow.”
braking and pedestrian [David McCowen / news.com.au]
detection systems for new
models.

UBER - Shutdown in London?
Uber risks being shut down in due to concerns over passenger
London as Transport for London safety. UBER -
(TfL) rejects the firm's application Investigations
for a full licence. Now a further two months have
been granted at the last minute,
This is the second time in two just over 24 hours before the Unit
years that TfL has rejected licence was due to expire. This Uber’s investigations unit
Uber's request for a full operating decision was backed by London prioritizes company liability
licence. mayor Sadiq Khan. over rider safety, according to a

Uber has failed to meet TfL "Sadiq has been crystal clear that Washington Post investigation.
demands to become a "fit and in London it doesn’t matter how
proper" firm, and is only eligible powerful and how big you are, When riders report an incident
for a brief extension. you must play by the rules," Khan's with their Uber drivers — drug
spokesperson said. use, traffic violations, and
TfL said Uber failed to report sexual assault, for example —
criminal allegations made against This new licence comes with the investigation unit is most
drivers to the police, and will fresh conditions to improve concerned with protecting Uber,
remain on probation. passenger safety. the Post found, after interviewing
"Uber London Ltd has been Uber will be forced to improve 20 current and former
granted a two-month private ride-sharing, insurance and investigators.
hire operator licence to allow for checks on driver documentation. They are also forbidden from
scrutiny of additional information And the taxi app will continue forwarding those allegations
that we are requesting ahead of to be required to produce an to police or from advising the
consideration of any potential "independently verified" assurance victims to get lawyers. That’s
further licensing application," said report every six months. led to several instances in which
a TfL spokesperson.
Criminal complaints from drivers have been able to stay
Uber's first five-year licence period passengers must be reported to on the platform after multiple
came to an end in September the Metropolitan police. reports of dangerous behaviour.
2017. It was then granted a
15-month provisional licence, [Sean Keach / The Sun] [Greg Bensinger / Washington Post]

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