Uber will quickly carry an in-app characteristic to Salt Lake Metropolis as a part of an try to enhance the security of drivers and riders.
The “Security Toolkit” characteristic will permit each Uber drivers and riders to document audio throughout journeys for his or her private security. If an incident have been to happen throughout the trip, Uber says that skilled security brokers can evaluation the audio clip, collect details about the incident, and take the right plan of action shifting ahead primarily based on what occurs.
The recording may be stopped at any level throughout the journey and is claimed to robotically cease when the Uber journey reaches its vacation spot. Officers with Uber defined that audio information are saved on both the rider or driver’s machine and no person has authorization to hearken to the recording with out consent, even Uber workers.
Thus far, the security characteristic has been examined in a number of states throughout the nation together with Kentucky, Missouri, and North Carolina. It’s additionally been carried out into Uber rides in Latin America and several other different international locations.
