{"id":146665,"date":"2016-12-16T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=146665"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T13:04:02","slug":"this-is-what-it-takes-to-get-banned-from-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/146665\/this-is-what-it-takes-to-get-banned-from-uber\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what it takes to get banned from Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uber recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/legal\/community-guidelines\/us-en\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>new guidelines<\/strong><\/a> for passengers, detailing what can get them banned from using the service.<\/p>\n<p>The is the first time Uber has publicly disclosed rider guidelines, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis policy helps explain the kinds of behaviour that may lead riders to lose access to Uber,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n<p>Below are \u201csome reasons\u201d you could lose access to Uber as a rider:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Damaging drivers\u2019 or other passengers\u2019 property<\/h3>\n<p>Damaging the car, breaking or vandalizing a phone, intentionally spilling food or drink, smoking, or vomiting due to excessive alcohol consumption.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Physical contact with the driver or fellow riders<\/h3>\n<p>You shouldn\u2019t touch or flirt with other people in the car. Uber has a no sex rule. That\u2019s no sexual conduct with drivers or fellow riders, no matter what.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Use of inappropriate and abusive language or gestures<\/h3>\n<p>Asking overly-personal questions, using verbal threats, and making comments or gestures that are aggressive, sexual, discriminatory, or disrespectful.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Unwanted contact with the driver or fellow passenger after the trip is over<\/h3>\n<p>Unwanted texting, calling, or visiting someone in person after a ride has been completed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Breaking the local law while using Uber<\/h3>\n<p>Bringing open containers of alcohol or drugs into the car; travelling in large groups that exceed the number of seat belts in the car; asking drivers to break local traffic laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the issues raised are serious or a repeat offense, or you refuse to cooperate, you may lose access to Uber.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/145743\/is-it-cheaper-to-own-a-car-or-to-uber-in-south-africa-here-is-the-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is it cheaper to own a car or to Uber in South Africa? Here is the answer<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber has published new guidelines for passengers, detailing what can get them banned from using the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":115700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-146665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146665"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148063,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146665\/revisions\/148063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}