Uber launches teen accounts allowing parents to track their children's trips

The rollout of the caller merchandise comes aft a survey indicated that parents of teenagers walk astir 8 days each twelvemonth driving their children to activities

Parents with teenagers tin present way their Uber rides acknowledgment to a caller initiative.

They'll besides person notifications whenever their youngster books a ride, and lone the astir "highly-rated and experienced" drivers volition beryllium fixed the greenish airy to instrumentality these fares, according to Uber. Starting Thursday, the Uber Teen work is launching and volition gradually go disposable crossed each UK cities wherever Uber operates successful the upcoming months, pursuing palmy pilots successful the US and Canada.

Teens aged 13-17 tin person accounts acceptable up by their parents oregon guardians, allowing them to independently hail rides. Research commissioned by Uber suggests that parents of teenagers dedicate astir 8 afloat days each twelvemonth chauffeuring their offspring to assorted engagements.

A important 59% admitted to altering oregon scrapping their ain plans to supply this parental taxi service. Uber Teen comes equipped with indispensable information features specified arsenic pin verification to corroborate the close driver, and a strategy that flags immoderate unexpected detours.

Parents get updates via their app astir their teen's question arrangements, and they tin scrutinize the driver's accusation and travel the trip's progress. After implicit a twelvemonth successful development, successful collaboration with ParentZone which champions online information for families and kids, Uber has unveiled the product.

Uber's UK wide manager Andrew Brem said: "Uber is thrilled to assistance engaged families crossed the UK get astir safely and easily. Teen accounts were developed to supply afloat transparency and bid of caput for parents, teens and drivers."

Vicki Shotbolt, the main enforcement of ParentZone, stated that these accounts would connection "an businesslike mode for teens to question independently".

Uber is besides rolling retired a pupil discount strategy astatine £2.49 per month, and a caller ride-sharing diagnostic called XShare, which could perchance prevention users up to 20% disconnected fares, volition beryllium tested successful Bristol. The survey, conducted by probe steadfast Censuswide, progressive 2,000 UK parents and was carried retired earlier this month.