Uber test ride with private car owners in Amsterdam

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Uber is a pilot began in Amsterdam with the service uberPOP. Here, users can choose to ride with individuals at a reduced rate. The directors in Amsterdam would be carefully selected by the service.

According to Uber short and long rides through uberPOP always be 50 percent cheaper in comparison with the maximum Taxi tariff. Further claims to be the service that ride along with the individuals are safe is because of the selection process: directors must be at least 21 years old, a training, a certificate of good conduct submitted and in the possession of an inspected and insured vehicle. In addition, Uber interviews with the drivers and passengers are insured.

Further, it should show the name of the driver, his photo and the registration number of his car, and the passenger reassure and there is a rating system. It comes to a pilot with a selected number of car owners and Uber-users. It is not known how many people take part in it. “Uber has for Amsterdam chosen because it is one of the most populous cities of Europe is and where the problems of inefficient car occupancy are the greatest”, let the service know.

The Brussels court has the taxi-app Uber in april this year banned because uberPOP. According to the court, handles the service in violation of the law, with the possibility for private car owners to as a taxi driver to operate. This may have been in the Netherlands also the case.

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