Uber drives in new safety norms

Uber on Monday announced a range of Covid-19 specific safety features and policies that will change the way one rides app cabs.

The announcements include an interactive Go Online Checklist for both riders and drivers, a mandatory mask policy, pre-trip mask verification selfies for drivers and updated post-trip feedback mechanism and a cancellation policy.

“All these new features are aimed at building a new product experience, which will help protect everyone, every time they use Uber,” Sachin Kansal, global senior director of product management at Uber, said at a press conference on Monday.