Uber announces safety measures as road travel set to resume across country

As cab-hailing giant Uber gets ready to open up its vehicles for regular travel with most States expected to ease lockdown restrictions, it has announced several safety measures for riders and drivers, including the possibility of barring either from the platform for non-compliance.

Among the announcements is a “Go Online Checklist” for both riders and drivers, a mandatory mask policy for riders and drivers, pre-trip mask verification selfies for drivers, an updated post-trip feedback mechanism and a cancellation policy.

“We don’t really speak about what its take for them to be deactivated, what exactly it means in terms of when they can come back because we want our guidelines and policies to be simple for riders and drivers, we want to tell them at every point you have to wear masks and have to follow these guidelines.