Uber implements new safety measures for its drivers as stay-at-home orders ease

Charmaine Nero reports

SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONALAIRPORT TONIGHT WITH MORECHARMING.NIKKI THIS PARKING LOT ISNORMALLY FULL OF RIDESHAREDRIVERS WAITING FOR PASSENGERSTO GET ALL FLIGHTS HERE AT THEAIRPORT BUT AS YOU CAN SEEBEHIND ME IT IS PRETTY EMPTYDRIVERS I SPOKE TO TODAY SAYTHEY ANTICIPATE MOREBUSINESSES BUT FOR NOW THEY'REJUST WORKING ON KEEPING SAFE.WELL I'VE BEEN DOING ITFULL TIME AND OUTSIDE BUSINESSHOURS JONES OIL SPENDS MOST OFHIS DAYS PICKING UP RIDERS ASAN UBER DRIVER IN SACRAMENTO.CALL THAT STARTED IT AND IONLY THE KIDS AND.

THEY JUSTDON'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE HOURSAS STAY AT HOME ORDERS FORCEPEOPLE TO STAY INDOORS.

OILAND OTHER UBER DRIVERS LIKEYOU'RE A TO SAY IT'S BEEN HARDTO MAKE ENDS MEET.RIGHT BARELY MAKE.5060 BUCKS BLOWOUT BUT ASSTATES ACROSS THE COUNTRYSTART TO REOPEN BUSINESSES.ENCOURAGING MORE TRAVEL UBERANNOUNCED NEW SAFETY MEASURESFOR RIDERS AND DRIVERS AS 18.ALL THIS MONTH.

RIDER ANDPASSENGER ARE A QUIET OFFICEBUST BUT THE NEW SAFETYMEASURES DON'T JUST STOP THEIRUBER DRIVERS WILL NOW BEREQUIRED TO TAKE SELFIESTHROUGH THE APP TO VERIFY THEYARE WEARING A MASK OR FACECOVERING PRIOR TO PICKING UP AFARE UNDER THE NEW REQUIREMENTRIDERS WILL ALSO BE ASKED TOWEAR A MASK BEFORE GETTINGINTO AN UBER IT JUST MAKES MEFEEL SAFER.

I JUST STARTEDDRIVING WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDSTHAT DYE SAID THERE'S NOTHINGFOR YOU TO BE AFRAID OF IF YOUPROTECT THE YOU HAVE YOUR MANOF ONLY 2 SAYS THERE IS STILLA RISK EVERY TIME HE PICKS UPA NEW PASSENGER, I STILL.DON'T GET IT F.AND YOU GET TO SEE YOU CANGET SEE THAT DOESN'T MATTER.WELL THE WAY HE'S PREPARINGHIS UBER VEHICLE FOR THE NEWSAFETY MEASURES MOST DRIVERSSAY THEY'VE ALREADY PUT INTOWIPES.AND I DO COLOR RUSH EVERYMORNING BEFORE YOU KNOW WE DOOUR HAND SANITIZER AND WASCOVERED I THINK WHICH WOULD BEPROTECT AND PINE.THE NEW MEASURES ALSODISCOURAGE PASSENGERS FROMSITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGERSEAT THIS ALL GOES INTO EFFECT