Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move?
Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move?
Introduction:
It was only last year in December when one such heinous crime ashamed Delhi of its security towards women and it has happened yet again. People were furious and the government apprehended mass protests and criticism and to make that even, they decided to ban Uber cabs from Delhi roads. Is this really the solution to put an end to such horrendous crimes? Will banning Uber put a ban on rapes too? Debates have sprung up all over the nation, parties divided in opinions of ban; people who were about to protest have stated pondering over this issue. This hasty move has somehow managed to move the ball into an entirely different court.
Yes, the decision is a hasty move:
1. In the wake of an incident of rape, when government should be making plans to increase safety measures that would prevent such crimes, it is busy accusing the online cab service provider. This is like trains should be banned because accidents happen, buses should be banned because of eve teasing incidents, and cabs should be banned to prevent rapes.
2. The government is simply passing on the blame to private ventures such as this. To stay clear of protests, they simply created this drama to divert the media attention to something that was new and economically debatable from various point of views. Are they trying to say that private companies are now responsible for the safety of women?
3. Police gave clear character certificate to the accused taxi driver without even finding out his past actions and background. Uber and all other online cab booking companies recruit these drivers based on their character certificate. The accused already has a string of criminal cases under his name including arms act, gunda act, and molestation charges. Is it not the police who gave certificate Yadav a clean character certificate be suspended instead of shifting focus on Ubers?
4. The licensing system for cab drivers is another aspect that should have come in government’s focus instead of this hasty move. Delhi cannot be safer for women if such driver are provided license; they chose to work for Uber or any other venture has nothing to do with their criminal mind and of course the string of charges that he was already carrying.
5. Banning Uber is a knee-jerk reaction by the government. Instead of shifting focus since nobody is fooled, government must make safety regulations for cab companies and blacklist such drivers from gaining access from securing license and character certificates.
No, this decision is correct:
1. This is not the first time when Uber has faced a controversy. In just 5 years of its inauguration in about 45 countries, Uber has seen charges from traditional cab drivers accusing them of disrupting rivalry. Other charges include conspiracy to threaten journalists who write against it, and misusing information of user privacy.
2. Uber talks of safety and complete background check of those they hire but the fact is that all they care about is business expansion. They do not check the background of drivers they hire but make false promise through ads and apps.
3. Another positive aspect of banning Uber is setting an example to other taxi service providers. This ban would make the other companies alert and they will work towards providing security and complete check before hiring a taxi driver. This could be the first step towards making taxis safer for women in Delhi and other Indian cities.
4. Uber is a connecting system and not really a taxi service provider and yet it continued to play in the taxi business. This is against the rules and a ban is indeed called for. This also created loss of business to other taxi drivers as Uber was cheaper and more and more people started using it.
5. It is said that Uber has been violating the acts, misleading passengers and creating false competition amongst other taxi drivers which is the reason that calls for a ban.
Conclusion:
Banning Uber might have other reasons but what has this got to do with the rape incident? Interconnecting of the two must be stopped and different measures must be adopted to deal with them. Regulation of better safety rules and measures are needed for making India safer for women. And moreover, if government is set to ban Uber for violating rules, why is Uber still operational in Delhi and all over India? It is clear that government is simply playing the shift blame game which is definitely not going to fool anyone in this world of advance technology and comprehensible knowledge amongst people.
Discussion
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -Nisha Singh (12/13/14)
- It indeed is a hasty decision by Govt to put a ban on Uber services in Delhi after the heinous act of rape has come across our society in Uber cab. The only purpose this ban will serve is that the other taxi service providers would be cautious while recruiting the drivers and go serious about checking their past records. But this alone does not serve to make women safer in society nor would just the trial of this case’ particular culprit would do. What needs to be done is to make the laws more stringent and strict so that the next time when the idea of committing this heinous crime comes across anyone’s mind, he scares to hell to do so. It is not just about making women safe in cabs and taxi rides, but making them safe in the society.
Does not it account on what basis Uber was being permitted to operate in the city? If the rules were being violated, who was behind it? Does not it account to scrutinize the loopholes in the system and rectify them before they cause too much harm to the society? Do we always have to wait for any instance to take action for? Cannot a governmental body give some part of their precious schedules for making it safe for a girl, a woman in society? Yes it can. Uber incidence could have been avoided for sure, had all the checks and licenses given to Uber been thorough and had the character certificate not been the only criteria for hiring a driver.
Even if Uber is banned and all the taxi service providers make it safe, can it ever be said about anyone’s mentality that it would never happen again in our society.
What about the sexual assaults a working woman faces at her workplace, what about those small girls who in their villages go through such drastic and nightmarish acts but still keep quiet or are made to keep silence and even those who live always under the fear of being alone at certain places at certain times.
There is a great need to do the ground work, educate people about what does a woman’s dignity and respect mean, educate girls to fight for their rights and never let anyone assault them, and at last our respected policy makers to make the system and government aware of the duties, which if fulfilled will give the desired results. - RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -abhinav (12/12/14)
- Government should lay stress on ways to make our country a safer place for women to live in. Banning Uber doesn't solves the problem. Instead of banning stress must be given on the amendments in the punishments for such rapists. Harsh punishments , death sentence should be given to such accused and that too in a very fast way so as to create a fear in their minds so that those living with such dirty ideas in their mind could never think of making such an attempt.
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -abhinav (12/12/14)
- Government should lay stress on ways to make our country a safer place for women to live in. Banning Uber doesn't solves the problem. Instead of banning stress must be given on the amendments in the punishments for such rapists. Harsh punishments , death sentence should be given to such accused and that too in a very fast way so as to create a fear in their minds so that those living with such dirty ideas in their mind could never think of making such an attempt.
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -saurabh (12/12/14)
- Decision is not at all a hasty move as we don't know how many persons of such mentality are working there and such a step by govt. is urgently required. It is written in nav-bharat times that a girl named nidhi has made a complaint against accused to uber on 26th nov for continously starring at her but uber has done nothing. Moreover i would like to say that this action of accused represents cheap mentality which is prevailing in thousands mind. This is not the first time that we seen something like this. Their is only and only one way to stop them and that is by giving them stringent punishment so that one would have to think not twice not thrice but million times before doing it.
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -Prashant Kshari (12/11/14)
- First ban those people who this heinous deed. Then we need to rethink that what efforts are made to secure the life of women in Inda. Is just banning one Uber to work in india solve the ever prevalent problem of insecurity of women in India. No uber works in any village but still rape happen every day there. It's not uber who has done the rape its a deed of a masochist who don't know to respect the women. it's a flaw in our security system and legal framework that even after so much activity last year in Nirbhaya case we could not create any deterrence and fear in the heart of these people. What now can be done should is not banning the Uber but improve the moral and ethical level of citizen of india. we can't expect our police to be superman present everywhere before the incident happen. But a fear can be made to be present in the heart of these people.
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -Deepa Kaushik (12/10/14)
- The decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads may or may not be a hasty move, but the reason behind the decision doesn’t justify or satisfy the action. The Uber cab has been taken off following the recent rape incident in Delhi. The Government should have ideally taken some measure to fasten the law and order situation in the country to ensure women safety.
Even if we consider that banning the cab off from the Delhi roads, this should have been a later move. The priority calls for many stringent actions that should have been done well before implementing or even thinking of such a move. The citizens would have more satisfied if the accused would have been awarded death sentence for his brutality. Or the rape laws should have been modified to allow a death sentence to the accused, so that the evil minds may have the fear of attempting such brutal and offensive act.
Uber cabs have many other issues revolving around. So, we cannot actually call the move to be hasty to call off the Uber cabs from Delhi roads. At the same time, we also cannot accept this action to be any resolution for the burning issue in the country. It is not the time to play the blame game, instead the government need to prove themselves. It was very easy for BJP last year during the Nirbhaya incident to blame the UPA government. It is the time when NDA Government needs to prove themselves and act instead of moving back foot and portraying irrelevant comparison for the actions taken by UPA and NDA in similar incidents.
- RE: Decision to take Uber cabs off Delhi roads - a hasty move? -Teena Bhatia (12/10/14)
- Yeah government is just diverting attention from main issue..
The government has changed, and now it is the time to see what action BJP government takes. It is the time for action now. Such criminals should not be spared in any case.
