Ezokuthutha eLondon (TfL) umlawuli namuhla umemezele isinqumo sokungavuselelwa UberIlayisense yokusebenza enhlokodolobha yase-UK ekupheleni kokunwetshwa kwezinyanga ezimbili okunikezwe ngoSepthemba. Yayikhombe "iphethini lokwehluleka" yinkampani eyabelana ngamahhashi, kufaka phakathi ukwephulwa okuningana okubeka abagibeli nokuphepha kwabo engcupheni.
I-Uber ilahlekelwe yilayisense ngemuva kokuthi iziphathimandla zithole ukuthi kuhanjwe ngaphezu kuka-14,000 nabashayeli abangaqinisekisiwe.
"Ngaphandle kokuxazulula ezinye zalezi zinkinga, i-TfL ayinakho ukuzethemba ukuthi izingqinamba ezifanayo ngeke ziphinde zenzeke esikhathini esizayo, okuholele ekutheni iphethe ngokuthi inkampani ayilungile futhi ayifanele ngalesi sikhathi," kusho yona.
Lesi sinqumo sishaye kakhulu i-Uber kwenye yezimakethe zayo ezinkulu kodwa akusho ukuthi izimoto zenkampani yazo zizonyamalala ngokushesha eLondon. Ifemu isengasebenza kuze kuphele wonke amathuba okufaka isikhalazo. Ingavula inqubo esemthethweni ezinsukwini ezingama-21.
UJamie Heywood, imenenja jikelele ka-Uber eNyakatho naseMpumalanga Yurophu, uthe lesi sinqumo "besingejwayelekile futhi besingalungile."
“Siliguqule ngokuyisisekelo ibhizinisi lethu kule minyaka emibili edlule futhi sibeka amazinga okuphepha. AbakwaTfL basithole sisebenza kahle futhi sisebenza kahle ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, futhi siyaqhubeka nokudlulela ngaphesheya, ”kusho yena.
U-Heywood uthembise ukuthi "egameni labagibeli abayizigidi ezi-3.5 nabashayeli abanamalayisense abangama-45,000 abathembele ku-Uber eLondon, sizoqhubeka nokusebenza njengokujwayelekile futhi sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ukusebenzisana ne-TfL ukuxazulula lesi simo."
NgoSepthemba, i-TfL yanikeza i-Uber ukwelulwa kwezinyanga ezimbili kwilayisense yayo enemibandela eminingi ebekiwe. Umlawuli uthe inkampani idinga ukubhekana nezinkinga ngokuhlola abashayeli, umshuwalense nokuphepha. Kodwa-ke, u-Uber usehlulekile ukwanelisa abaphathi bezokuthutha.
Le nkampani ithi kunezinhlobo zezici ezintsha zokuphepha ezethulwe kuhlelo lwayo lokusebenza eminyakeni emibili edlule. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-Uber yethule uhlelo oluzobheka ngokuzenzakalela inhlalakahle yabashayeli nabagibeli lapho uhambo luphazanyiswa isitobhi eside.
Iphinde yethula inkinobho yokubika ebandlululayo kuhlelo lwayo lokusebenza, futhi ibambisene ne-AA ukukhiqiza i-video yezokuphepha ukufundisa abashayeli ngezihloko ezifana nokufunda umgwaqo, ijubane, ukuphathwa kwezikhala, nokuthi ungashiya kanjani uthathe abagibeli ngokuphepha.
