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Title: Uber has to refund those so-called Safe Ride fees Post by: HCK on February 13, 2016, 09:00:15 pm Uber has to refund those so-called Safe Ride fees
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Two years ago, UberX passengers began noticing a strange $1 charge tacked on to their ride receipts. It was called a “Safe Rides Fee,” and the car-hailing company said it was to help offset the costs of screening drivers (https://newsroom.uber.com/uber-safe-rides-fee/) and cars to make sure they complied with federal, state, and local regulations. Now Uber has to pay up for advertising that its background checks were “industry leading,” when in fact they were just super fast.</p><p> Uber now has to pay $28.5 million to some 25 million Uber riders in the States to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of being dishonest about how intense its driver background checks are.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3033033/software/uber-has-to-refund-those-so-called-safe-ride-fees.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Uber has to refund those so-called Safe Ride fees (http://www.macworld.com/article/3033033/software/uber-has-to-refund-those-so-called-safe-ride-fees.html#tk.rss_all) |