Uber announced this week the launch of Uber Teens in San JuanSan Luis and La Rioja, a new form of app designed to provide parents with a safe and convenient way to allow teenagers to enter 13 and 17 years old Travel independently using the Uber platform. This initiative arises in response to the need of modern families to reconcile the independence of adolescents with the tranquility and supervision of responsible adults.
According to the company, Uber Teens allows parents or guardians to invite their teenage children to create an account in the Uber application, from which they can request their own trips under the supervision of an adult. This new feature is equipped with a series of security measures designed to ensure users’ protection and peace of mind, including PIN code verification, real-time ride sharing, audio recording and direct communication with the driver. assigned driver.
To set up an account Uber Teens, parents can do so through the Family Profile in the Uber app, where they will invite their teens to register. Once registration and security validation is complete, teens will be ready to request their own rides, with supervision and control by responsible adults at all times.
Eleonora Turk,Security Manager for Uber Cono Suroffered details about the operation of Uber Teens, in dialogue with Zonda Diary: “Teen Rides have safety features automatically enabled, such as real-time tracking, PIN code, and audio recording. Additionally, only the most qualified and experienced drivers can receive ride requests from Teen Accounts.”
“All trips will be shared with the verified adult in real time. They will be evaluated through the audio of the cell phone microphone that is recording all the time. They will have a pin number so that the children can get into the correct car and the adult in charge of the minor will be able to communicate with the driver while they are on the trip. The adult will also have permanent notifications about each trip the minor makes when they get on, when they are traveling and when they arrive at the arrival point.“, Eleonora Turk explained from Uber.
In this context, he highlighted that currently they are only receiving payment by adult account credit card and that in the future the idea is to evaluate our payment methods.“The idea is that the adult can have complete traceability and supervision of what the adolescent is,” he explained.
Are the drivers the same?
“YesOnly drivers who have the best qualifications and most experience within the application will be able to receive requests from a teenager. Before receiving this trip, these drivers have informative content that has to do with how it works, which functions are activated so that the driver has more information about what this is about. new modality and the driver, even if qualified, may not receive the travel modality for teenagers.
As explained by Uber’s security responsibility, they do this so that all the people involved in the trip know how it works.
Safety features built into Uber Teens include:
Real-time tracking of trips.
Use of PIN code to ensure that the teenager gets into the correct vehicle.
RideCheck system that detects anomalies during the trip.
Audio recording available on trips.
Direct communication between parents and the trip driver.
