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Uber Incidents Prompt Questions About How Ride-Hailing Companies Can Improve Safety07:12
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Frightening news involving Uber has come twice in the same week.
A Boston area Uber driver is facing charges of raping a passenger over the weekend. Daudah Mayanja, 37, is being held on charges he raped his passenger on Storrow Drive near the Hatch Memorial Shell Saturday.
Also, a South Carolina man is charged with impersonating an Uber driver and kidnapping and killing a college student.
These incidents are raising questions about what ride hailing companies like Uber and Lyft could be doing to improve safety.
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Janet Burns, who writes about tech, media, science and culture and is a contributor to Forbes and Gizmodo. She tweets @warmlyburns.
This segment aired on April 2, 2019.
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