New Delhi bans Uber after alleged rape by driver

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KATY DAIGLE

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital on Monday banned taxi-booking service Uber after a woman accused one of its drivers of raping her.

Transport official Satish Mathur made the announcement as the 32-year-old suspect appeared in a New Delhi court.

The court ordered Shiv Kumar Yadav held for three days for police questioning over allegations that he raped the finance company employee after being hired to ferry her home from a dinner engagement on Friday night. The court also ordered Yadav's cellphone confiscated, according to Press Trust of India.

The case, almost two years after a young woman was fatally gang raped on a bus in the capital, has renewed national anger over sexual violence in India and demands for more effort to ensure women's safety.

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Protestors from All India Students Association (AISA) demonstrate outside the Delhi Police headquarters after a taxi driver from the international cab-booking service Uber allegedly raped a young woman Friday in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Official statistics say about 25,000 rapes are committed every year in India, a nation of 1.2 billion people. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)


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[Fred Sanders]

1. Nations are looking for any excuse to ban Uber, it competes directly with taxis...it is politics.

The public outcry is not against Uber, why would it be, it is against the culture of violence.

[Omaha Steve]

2. Uber is not regulated

A lady in Omaha was riding in one when the UNINSURED driver ran a red light. She was hurt. No way to cover her medical costs. The State of Nebraska is trying to force Uber into being regulated.

Uber also means less income for the driver than a taxi driver makes.

OS

[OrwellwasRight]

3. Über is insidious.

Über drivers are commercial drivers who lack commercial drivers' licenses. They have not had background checks and do not carry commercial insurance. They don't have to take a test, as they do in DC and NY at least, to prove they know the city streets. Uber drivers are not even considered employees eligible for such things as overtime, workers' comp for on the job injuries, and unemployment in case they are let go. Uber and its drivers are totally and completely unregulated. This lack of regulations allows Uber to apparently "out compete" cabs. But you get what you pay for, like sexual predators, lost drivers, and potentially too little coverage when you are injured in an accident.

Don't fool yourself, the "tech economy" has very little to do with tech and everything to do with undermining wages and workplace rights. Uber, Amazon, TaskRabbit, and all the rest want to be responsibility-free employers. They want us all to be available at their beck and call without them having to pay us fairly or provide us with a living wage. It's the undoing of the New Deal and the return of serfdom.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. Perhaps they should ban buses as well