Uber adds Triple-0 call feature in safety upgrade to app

Glen Humphries
Updated October 8 2018 - 7:18am, first published 7:17am
Assault claims: A feature in an upgrade to the Uber app released recently allows riders and drivers to call Triple-0 in the event of an emergency.
Assault claims: A feature in an upgrade to the Uber app released recently allows riders and drivers to call Triple-0 in the event of an emergency.

Uber have added what some have dubbed a “panic button" to its app in the wake of assault allegations levelled at drivers.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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