Uber believes that it is not breaking any law with uberPOOL

As the three days time given by Karnataka transport department to cab aggregators against offering share services coming to end, Uber today said that it very much believes in the legality of its shared service UberPOOL. He said “the ride share is something that is very much welcome for a city like Bengaluru, we need to work with it, that’s why we are sitting down at the table together with them because, we need to have that voice of the rider, the driver and also the community of Bangalore itself on the table to discuss the matter and find the best solution.” Karnataka Transport Commissioner MK Aiyappa on Monday after meeting with cab aggregators had said that the transport department will not take action against them for next three days for offering share services which it had termed illegal under the Central Motor Vehicle Act and Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules, 2016. Stating that UberPOOL is a product that enables driver partners to pick up and drop identified riders through the Uber App under a single contract, the company officials said when a rider chooses UberPOOL, he/she consents to another person sharing the trip and there is a clear understanding between all the riders on the trip and the Driver Partner that the trip and the vehicle will be shared. Help make sure our city moves forward on ride sharing, through products like uberPOOL and uberMOTO.” Uber claims that UberPOOL which was launched in Bengaluru in October 2015 has prevented more than 9,364,772 kilometres of unnecessary driving, saved 4,40,623 litres of fuel by allowing us to match riders using similar routes, and cut over 1,037,000 kg of CO2 emissions by sharing a ride.