Uber Driver Partners to Get Alerts Against Drowsy Driving
Ride hailing software company, Uber, has taken a pace towards using technology scientific discipline to aid its driver partners forestall the drowsy driving syndrome which is mainly responsible for or hence route accidents.
Uber said it has introduced a novel policy for driver-partners across Sub-Sahara Africa, including Nigeria to heighten their security together with that of their passengers.
Uber said it has merely developed a novel characteristic inward its app, that prompts drivers to larn offline for half-dozen straight off hours later a amount of 12 hours of driving time. Drivers who create non accept a long plenty interruption volition non live able to log into the app together with accept trips earlier that menses expires.
Uber already has in-app notification characteristic that reminds drivers to accept a interruption when feeling tired on the road. The novel driving hours policy is an additional characteristic that volition aid ameliorate security on the roads for all.
Explaining the rationale behind the latest innovation, General Manager Uber West Africa, Lola Kassim, said: “We desire to promote prophylactic together with responsible utilization of the Uber app together with this characteristic has tremendous potential to protect, non solely Uber driver-partners, but likewise their passengers together with ultimately, all other route users.
“Driver-partners inward Nigeria are already driving responsibly but security is i of our primal pillars together with nosotros believe this novel characteristic volition live adding i to a greater extent than security layer.”
Uber driver-partners volition live able to rail the fourth dimension they pass on Uber trips together with volition live reminded when they’ve reached their maximum fourth dimension on the Uber app. It provides periodic notifications when drivers are approaching the 12-hour driving fourth dimension boundary together with and then volition automatically larn offline for half-dozen straight off hours when their max has been reached. However, Uber said it volition allow drivers to complete whatever trip they’re currently on earlier automatically switching the said partner offline.
Kassim said that later the half-dozen hours, driving fourth dimension resets together with drivers tin dismiss larn online in i lawsuit to a greater extent than to have trip requests. She added that the technology scientific discipline volition come upwards on a phased scroll out terra firma together with non all driver-partners volition meet this correct away.
According to her, “last calendar month nosotros rolled out this characteristic across South Africa. Based on drivers feedback, the novel characteristic is working good together with has helped heighten driver together with rider safety. We are excited to scroll this out across the balance of the percentage equally this deed volition strengthen Uber’s approach to aid proceed riders together with drivers prophylactic on the route acre preserving the flexibility drivers enjoin us they love, “ adds Kassim.
To ensure drivers empathize the rationale together with the functionality of the feature, Uber said it has held diverse focus groups across their Greenlight Hubs (support centres) together with has announced the characteristic through podcasts which tin dismiss live accessed through the app.
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