{"id":16321,"date":"2019-04-18T23:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16321"},"modified":"2019-04-18T23:15:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T06:15:23","slug":"uber-unveils-new-safety-measures-after-students-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16321","title":{"rendered":"Uber unveils new safety measures after student&#8217;s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uber introduced a new set of campus safety measures on Thursday, weeks after a University of South Carolina (USC) student was killed after getting into a car she thought was her Uber ride.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/icgzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqdhbhhn_dmstcchphftcccmhphgs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/icgzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqdhbhhn_dmstcchphftcccmhphgs.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555729498198000&amp;usg=AFQjCNELSuDzKkB202X_i4Y0kGPOfYWU3Q\">Campus Safety Initiative<\/a>, launched in collaboration with USC, will focus on helping students avoid fake rideshare drivers, the company said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>The measures will create an alert system that will debut in South Carolina on Thursday and be rolled out across the rest of the app&#8217;s user base in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The steps will include a &#8220;Check Your Ride&#8221; reminder for riders, including verifying drivers&#8217; license plates and identities before getting into a rideshare.<\/p>\n<p>Riders will also receive a push notification reminding them to follow the steps after calling a car.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at the University of South Carolina, Uber will also be adding designated pickup zones that will be well-lit and have law enforcement present.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative comes just weeks after a man was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/almsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgpkykks_dmstcchphftcccmhphgs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/almsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgpkykks_dmstcchphftcccmhphgs.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555729498198000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzGf4o3H0lp6101s367gytcQa-lQ\">charged<\/a>\u00a0in the murder of USC student Samantha Josephson, 21. Josephson was last seen on March 29 outside of Five Points bar in Columbia, South Carolina, getting into a car she reportedly thought was her Uber ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber introduced a new set of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16322,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16321\/revisions\/16322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}