the Company Uber, which lets private act in a taxi, have not received a renewal of its license to operate in London.
Transportplatformen Uber has not received a renewal of its license to operate in the Uk’s capital, London.
It writes Reuters.
“It is unacceptable that Uber has admitted that passengers could climb into a taxi with drivers who potentially do not have any licenses or insurance,” says the head of the licensing and regulation of London’s trafikmyndighed Helen Chapman, according to Reuters.
the Authority, TfL, has cracked down on Uber has had a hole in its system that has let unauthorized drivers get access to the other drivers accounts and thus run with passengers.
It should have been done in over 10,000 cases.
“TfL has found a pattern of errors in the company including multiple rule violation, which has exposed the passengers’ safety at risk.”
“In spite of the fact that some Betlike of the problems are addressed, has TfL not trust that similar problems will not occur in the future. It has led us to the conclusion that the company is not suitable to have a licence,” writes the TfL according to Reuters.
Uber has already announced that the company will appeal the decision. During the appeal can Uber continue to operate.
“Over the last two months we have reviewed all of the drivers in London. We have a robust system in place to ensure all drivers identity,” says Ubers responsible for North and Western europe, Jamie Heywood, according to AFP.
the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says, that he agrees in the resolution, although he knows that many Uber users will be against it. Security is, according to the mayor most importantly.
There are more than 45,000 Uber-drivers in London, according to Reuters.
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