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Autumn Statement 2013: Driverless car testing could soon hit the UK

In today’s Autumn Statement, the Government said it would conduct a review to be completed by the end of 2014 to ensure that Britain can help develop and test driverless cars.




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Angry goose in Ontario terrorises woman and flies into car to attack her when driver comes to rescue

An aggressive nesting goose attacked a woman on her way to work in Brampton, Ontario, in Canada. A driver in the car park tried to come to her rescue but the angry bird flew into the car too.




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Four ride-share drivers tortured to death in Brazil 'after gang leader's mother had ride cancelled'

Four ride-sharing drivers were tortured and killed last Friday after being called to the Jardim Santo Inácio favela in Salvador, Brazil. A fifth driver was abducted but escaped and alerted police.




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Accounts manager, 27, was charged more than £500 for Uber trip home after driver went wrong way

Ashleigh Cooper had been out in central London at her work's Christmas party when she ordered an Uber to take her back to Gillingham before almost working round the entirety of the M25's southern half.




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Gabrielle Union got more than she bargained for when her Uber driver used the bathroom at her house

Gabrielle Union tweeted about taking an Uber back home on New Year's Eve before hosting her own party, but her Uber driver had to make an extended stop at her bathroom to relieve himself.




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Two teenage thugs, aged 19 and 16, are found guilty of murdering Uber Eats driver

Iderval Da Silva, 46, was punched and kicked by the thugs in Battersea, west London, in May last year. He was left unconscious on the ground and died three days later from a bleed on the brain.




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Uber driver gets her Georgia State degree nine years after enrolling after passenger paid off debt

Uber driver Latonya Young, 43, enrolled at Georgia State University in 2010 but had to quit classes due to a $693 hold on her account. She graduated last month due to Kevin Esch's donation.




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Uber driver saves Minnesota college student's life after heart stopped after severe organ failure 

Hannah Enge, 20, collapsed unconscious in the back of the cab after complaining of lower back pains but was saved by quick-thinking Uber driver Allison Fischer.




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Uber driver, 51, asked female passenger to perform sex acts on him

Nadeem Afzal, 51, of Chigwell, Essex, picked up the victim, who is in her early 20s, in London. Twenty minutes into the journey, Afzal exposed himself and asked her to touch him intimately.




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Sarah Snook of Succession seeks help from Uber driver to cram her Golden Globes gown into the car

Sunday was a big night with an even bigger dress for Sarah Snook, who commissioned the help of her Uber driver to cart around her giant Golden Globes dress.




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Uber driver 'planned terror attacks on Madame Tussauds and Pride'

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, from Luton, was 'motivated by dreams of martyrdom for the cause of Islam, and inspired by preachers of hate,' a jury at Woolwich Crown Court was told.




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Taxi bosses launch investigation into black cab driver over his 'Kill Uber' number plate

A black cab driver, who was pictured outside the Savoy Hotel in central London with a licence plate that threatened to 'Kill Uber' is being investigated.




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Uber driver 'sexually assaulted woman he picked up from police station after her DUI crash arrest'

Authorities said they arrested Amir Attia, 45, of Tustin, California, on Wednesday, in connection with the incident that allegedly occurred in July 2018, when he was driving the woman to her home.




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Uber driver attempts to make a right turn 'resulting in a Mazda crashing into him' in Brisbane

The Uber driver had been trying to turn on to Ballow St, in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane on January 12 when he collided with a black Mazda.




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Uber driver charges passenger £606 for 10-mile journey

Rich Phillips, 27, from Coventry, ordered a cab from a festival to a pub for a short ride that usually takes 28 minutes, but was staggered when he woke up the next day to find the bumper fee on his account.




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Hilarious video shows drunken man barge into the wrong Uber driver's car

A man named of Forrest barged into an Uber driver's car in Alaska and thought he was in the right vehicle. The driver decided to let Forrest stay inside the car since temperatures were freezing.




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Gay couple asked by Christian driver to stop kissing in her car

Finn Davies, from East London, has claimed on Twitter that his Christian Uber driver asked him to 'stop kissing' another man in the back of her car because of her religious beliefs.




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Shocking video shows white CEO call a black Uber driver a f**king n***er

A shocking video shows the moment AgroPlasma CEO, Hans Berglund (left), of Arizona, called Uber driver, Randy Clarke (right), a 'f**king n***er' for not letting him sit in the front seat of the vehicle.




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Uber driver, 28, plotted to drive his car into 'evil' Gay Pride parade, court hears

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, also singled out Madam Tussauds and a double decker tourist bus as targets, Woolwich Crown Court heard.




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Three thugs are jailed for more than 28 years in total over 'cowardly' killing of Uber Eats driver

Tay Clovey, 16, was revealed as one of the thugs who killed Iderval Da Silva (pictured) in London last year. He was given 11 and a half years in prison for the murder of the driver.




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White CEO is FIRED after video showed him call black Uber driver a f**king n***er

Hans Berglund was removed from his role as head of AgroPlasma after racist rant was shown in shocking video. The Texas-based company says the incident doesn't reflect its ethics.




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Melbourne Uber driver refuses to pick up Asian passenger over fears of coronavirus

A Malaysian man was waiting for his driver to collect him in Melbourne on Wednesday but after the driver saw him, he refused to let him inside.




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Wolli Creek residents blame Uber drivers for making their street smell urine

Wolli Creek, situated near Sydney International Airport, is inundated with Uber drivers double parking on the road, parking across drive ways, parking in driveways, and in apartment loading bays.




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CEO who was fired by the very company he founded apologizes to Uber driver

Arizona CEO Hans Berglund, 71, says his life has been ruined after he was caught on camera using a racial slur while getting into the back of an Uber driven by 25-year-old Randy Clarke.




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Couple live stream Uber ride after driver 'chases another car after hit-and-run and refuses

John Murray and Tameka Swann Facebook livestreamed the terrifying ride as they their car sped through Richmond at around 8pm on Monday.




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Fake Uber driver sexually assaulted a woman before he was found with child porn

John Howard Waddell, 54, appeared pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a range of offences including sexual assault, assaulting a police officer, possession of child exploitation material.




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Uber driver accused of raping a 17 year old says she suggested sex

Onur Dedeoglu, 39, is on trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court over the alleged sexual assault of the teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons.




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Uber driver, 53, who shot at passengers after they argued over him going the wrong way is arrested

Ahmad Ahmad, 53, picked up two people from a bar in downtown New Orleans just after midnight on Saturday and had been requested to take them to the Kenner area in Louisiana, cops say.




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Uber tool lets riders report drivers for things like 'harsh braking' and 'inappropriate remarks'

A tool launched by Uber lets riders report non-emergency incidents, like 'harsh braking' and 'inappropriate remarks'. It's the latest in a series of safety features introduced by the company.




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Jackie 'O' Henderson reveals why she NEVER speaks to Uber drivers

While Uber's 'quiet mode' option has generated plenty of controversy, radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson has admitted she's a fan.




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Uber driver, 39, is found guilty of raping a drunk teenage girl

Onur Dedeoglu, 39, will be sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney in April after a jury on Thursday found him guilty of three charges and he was refused bail.




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Passenger convinces Uber driver to let him drive in Sydney

The man, who claims he has been drinking and taking drugs for four days, orders the driver to pull over and then films himself driving the car.




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'Drunk, drugged and unlicensed' driver who filmed himself taking over an Uber is banned 

An Uber passenger who filmed himself taking the wheel of a taxi has been banned from the app - as New South Wales Police say they are searching for him.




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Three medical students and Uber driver killed after attending festival in Mexico

At least three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of three aspiring doctors and their driver after they attended a weekend festival in east-central Mexico.




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Uber driver is in a coma after five passengers assault him in New York City attack

Uber driver, Mohamad Al-Gahaffi (left), who once chauffeured Robert De Niro remains in a coma one month after he was viciously attached by five passengers in New York.




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Moment Uber driver refuses to give a ride to a blind man's guide dog before driving off

Mohammed Hafiz Raja, from Watford, (pictured) was convicted by Westminster magistrates. Colin Perreira, 24, from Hemel Hempstead, was refused a lift with six-year-old guide dog Sid.




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Drunken man bashes a 64-year-old Uber driver before fleeing the car in Australia Day rampage 

Uber driver Kent Blyth picked Daniel Lee Richard Graeme Paul up in Palm Beach, south of Brisbane, in the early hours of January 27.




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'Racist' taxi driver refuses to allow two men to get into his cab because they are Italian

One of the Italian men, Dylan Bastonini, posted the video on a Facebook group on Thursday evening. It is unclear where the video was filmed.




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New York Lyft driver seals himself in airtight bubble to protect himself from coronavirus

Video shows one Lyft driver's efforts to protect himself from coronavirus while driving in Manhattan. He fashioned a protective bubble around himself, with a sheet of plastic taped to the roof of the car.




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Uber's new safety feature lets riders and drivers text 911 during an emergency

Uber is now letting riders and drivers text 911 when calling is not an option. The feature sends an initial text with key information and allows dispatchers to track the ride in real-time.




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UberEats customers will be able to ask drivers to leave food at the door amid coronavirus fears 

The food delivery giant announced on Wednesday it was doing everything in its power to stop the spread of COVID-19 as cases continue to climb across Australia.




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Uber driver who raped a 17-year-old girl while she was asleep in the back seat is jailed

The victim was the last of three school friends in the car after Onur Dedeoglu was booked to drive the group home in August 2018 when she was raped.




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Uber Eats driver delivers food after attending coronavirus testing clinic in Bondi

The disturbing incident which unfolded on the main street of Bondi, in Sydney's east, on Wednesday afternoon highlights just how relaxed some people are about COVID-19.




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Coronavirus UK: Uber driver died after passenger coughed in cab

Ayub Akhtar, from Norwood in south London, was just 33 years old when he died of coronavirus last Friday.




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Disgraceful moment teenage girls SPIT on an Uber driver while shouting 'I have coronavirus'

The disgusting video believed to have been shot in western Sydney was posted on the Sydney Crime News Facebook page showing an Asian driver getting abused by his female passengers.




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Uber Eats drivers reveal how to maximise earnings during coronavirus crisis 

A Sydneysider who recently signed up to work for popular food delivery service Uber Eats after losing their job due to the pandemic was inundated with tips from other drivers.




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Uber driver delivers meals to hospital every night after driving hungry nurse home

Tammy Rivera, 57, picked a nurse up from Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital in Germantown, Tennessee, last month. The nurse said they work 12 to 14-hour shifts and are often unable to eat.




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Sixth Uber driver death linked to coronavirus prompt urgent calls for minicabs to be issued PPE 

Zahid Pervaiz, 65, from High Wycombe, is the latest to die after picking up a passenger he believed was infected by Covid-19. Families, MPs and drivers' associations have pleaded for PPE.




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$1MILLION cash is dumped on California freeway during police chase, 5'driver planned to buy weed'

Frank Capraro, 23, and Desmond McDay, 25, were taken into custody Friday after witnesses called in about boxes that had been dumped on a highway and a K9 detected the odor of marijuana.




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Maria Shriver sports Dr. Fauci tee during walk... while ex Arnold Schwarzenegger bikes with daughter

She has been highlighting non-profits and discouraging the spread of misinformation amid COVID-19 as part of her Home Together series with son Patrick, 26.