2019: Samantha Josephson is killed after confused the Uber taxi with other car
In April, 2019 Uber entered new security measures after murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson who mixed the taxi with other car and sat down in it.
The moment when Josephson got to it into the car, was recorded by surveillance cameras. On them it is visible how Samantha standing on the sidewalk takes several steps towards the "taxi" approaching the parking, and the car reduces speed. Samantha opens a car door and gets inside. Around there are a lot of people, but nobody pays attention to its departure.
 | We consider that she just by mistake got into this specific car, thinking that it was the machine of Uber — the chief of police of Colombia William Holbrooke told journalists. |  |
As specifies Mirror when for Samantha this taxi approached, the driver cancelled a trip as the girl was not on site from where she asked it to take away.
According to Holbrooke, the murderer activated locks for protection of children which would not allow to escape to someone behind. Also in the car bleaches, bactericidal napkins and cleaner of glasses were detected.
The girl was stolen and killed by 24-year-old Nataniel David Rowland, he was delayed. The inside of its car found traces of blood of Samantha and e the mobile phone.[1]
After Samantha Josephson's murder in the application of Uber new features which remind users of need to check numbers, the brand and model of the car and also a name and the photo to drivers were added before getting into the taxi. At first these notifications are tested in South Carolina. It is in the future going to start them in the USA everywhere.
| | B those cases when you help to order a trip through Uber that who, perhaps, drank several alcoholic drinks or is unfamiliar with the application, help them, before than they will get into the machine, to twice be convinced that they the driver and transport means correspond to parts in the application — said in Uber. | |
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