The world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, Uber has started distributing helmets and safety jackets to driver-partners on UberMOTO from today (Tuesday), reiterating its commitment to the safety of both riders and driver-partners.
Less than a week of launch of their unique global safety toolkit, this week saw the start of Uber distributing Safety Packs to partners who use UberMOTO to get riders from A to B.
More the 3000 safety packs will be distributed by the end of this month. Each Safety Pack includes two helmets (one for the driver and one for the rider), fluorescent safety windbreaker jacket and brightly coloured T-shirt.
Additionally, partners who received these packs were also given a special session on road safety practices, according to a press statement.
The newly launched ‘Safety Toolkit’ is aimed at improving both awareness and usage rates of some of the existing safety features available to riders in Bangladesh as well as recently introduced ones.
Besides, the emergency button that provided riders direct access to 999, the police control room, is now placed under the shield button in the safety toolkit umbrella and will offer a quicker swipe feature for riders during an unwanted emergency.
Uber also ensures that the Moto service is not available from 12 - 6 am ensuring moto partners are not taking trips very late at night.
Previously, the ride- sharing company introduced a first-of-its-kind insurance programme for riders and driver partners.
Under the policy, Uber will compensate both riders and driver partners for accidental death, permanent disablement and hospitalisation in case of an accident while on-trip using the Uber App.
