Drivers reluctant to appear in photos: reports
Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/20
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Ride-hailing app Uber Taiwan is offering coupons worth up to
(By Central News Agency)
NT$10,000 (US$312) to some of its customers, barely days after the Legislative Yuan amended the Highway Act which could lead to a fine of NT$25 million (US$781,000) for the San Francisco-based company.
Taiwan’s government and Uber have been waging a battle for four years, with bans and fines failing to persuade the U.S. company to withdraw.
Uber’s latest move was to offer a coupon to customers for putting a selfie with an Uber driver on Facebook with the hashtag of an Uber message between December 19 and 30.
Drivers were reluctant to appear in the selfies because they feared the pictures could be used as evidence against them in legal cases based on the recently amended Highway Act, cable station TVBS reported Tuesday. [FULL STORY]
