Uber Safety

• Uber weighs next steps after report showed more than 3,000 sex assaults during U.S. rides in 2018

  The report only covers Uber's U.S. operations. The U.S. and Canada brought in 63 per cent of Uber's revenue last quarter.

  Consumer

  Dec 6, 2019
  
• Man carjacked Uber, crashed into fence at remand centre: Edmonton police

  A 23-year-old was arrested by Edmonton police early Monday after he carjacked an Uber and then crashed it into a fence at the Edmonton Remand Centre.

  Crime

  Nov 11, 2019
  
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• S. Carolina college student killed by man she mistook for her Uber driver: police

  The man accused of killing a woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride activated the child locks in his backseat so the doors could only be opened from outside, police say.

  Crime

  Mar 31, 2019
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• Uber driver pleads guilty to careless driving in fatal Toronto crash

  Seven months after 28-year-old Nicholas Cameron was killed, the Uber driver accused of his death, Abdihared Bishar Mussa, has pleaded guilty to careless driving.

  Crime

  Oct 25, 2018
• Confessions of an Uber driver: what’s it like to work for the ride-hailing giant?

  Some drivers make money. Some make friends. Some pack a stun gun. What it's like in the driver's seat of an Uber.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2018
• British Prime Minister Theresa May calls London Uber ban ‘disproportionate’

  "I want to see a level playing field. I think a blanket ban is disproportionate," May said.

  Sep 28, 2017
• Uber open to concessions on driver benefits, passenger safety to get London license back

  "While we haven't been asked to make any changes, we'd like to know what we can do," said Uber's general manager in London.

  Consumer

  Sep 23, 2017
• Uber banned from operating in London amid concerns about public safety

  Transport for London says Uber, whose app is used by 3.5 million passengers and 40,000 drivers in the British capital, isn't "fit and proper" to hold a license to operate a private-hire vehicle service.

  World

  Sep 22, 2017
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• Uber settles lawsuit over driver background checks for $10M

  Uber will pay at least $10 million to settle California prosecutors' allegations that the ride-hailing company misled passengers over the quality of its driver background checks.

  Consumer

  Apr 7, 2016
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• Uber driver charged with sexual assault after Toronto nightclub pick-up

  A 25-year-old Uber driver has been charged with sexual assault in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred after a woman and her two friends shared a ride home from a Toronto nightclub.

  Crime

  May 20, 2015