Uber India promises in-app panic button, location sharing by 11 Feb

A day after the Maharashtra transport department recommended that the state government impose a ban on taxi-hailing app Uber for not having met the department’s January 15 deadline for implementing safety measures in its cabs, the US-based company has clarified that the app panic button and journey/location sharing — will roll out to users in India on February 11. A day after the Maharashtra transport department recommended that the state government impose a ban on taxi aggregator Uber for not having met the department’s January 15 deadline for implementing safety measures in its cabs, the US-based company has clarified that the app panic button and journey/location sharing — will roll out to users in India on February 11. The report further said that Uber had irked authorities in Mumbai with its reluctance to install physical panic buttons in its drivers’ cars, even though the new regulations have made it mandatory in the city. Uber, in a blog post today, argued that physical panic buttoms will cause confusion since drivers use multiple taxi apps as well as wear and tear on the button.