In what appears to be a knee jerk reaction to the Uber's safety concerns emerging in the recent case of alleged rape by a Uber driver in Delhi, the Delhi Government has banned the online cab booking service in the city, reports The Economic Times. Sathish Mathur, the special commissioner at Delhi Transport Department, told the publication that Uber's services have been blacklisted, since it was "misleading consumers" by plying taxis with All India permits which is not allowed while offering point-to-point travel services in the city. We're not sure of how this could have been implemented, since Uber is not a radio taxi service, and merely a taxi aggregator with vendors listed on the service. Uber cars doesn't sport any branding, unlike competitor Ola, and none of the drivers are Uber employees. For all you know, they could have prevented registered taxis from signing up as vendors on the app. https://twitter.com/abhi2point0/status/541877675707473920 That being said, banning a service like Uber doesn't actually solve the original problem of consumer safety. As Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Jay Panda mentioned, would the government also ban other forms of public transport like government buses, autorickshaws and trains? https://twitter.com/PandaJay/status/541904042386284544 https://twitter.com/samidhas/status/541884171665162241 https://twitter.com/jhunjhunwala/status/541878536814862337 Why the radio taxi guidelines are not applicable to platforms like Uber & Ola Mathur said that cabs plying customers point-to-point in Delhi, have to follow the Radio Taxi Scheme which mandates licensees to have a parking space for all the taxis and office space for radio communication and telephones. It will also be responsible for the driver quality…
