Uber Is Being Sued Because It Is Considered To Discriminate Against Customers With Disabilities In The US, This Is The Explanation!

JAKARTA - The US Department of Justice on Wednesday, November 10, sued ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc., alleging it overburdened people with disabilities. They are now asking a federal court to order the company to comply with federal laws that protect people with disabilities from discrimination.

The Justice Department lawsuit, filed in US District Court in San Francisco, runs counter to Uber's April 2016 policy of charging passengers "waiting time", a practice that began in several cities and eventually expanded nationwide.

They allege that the policy discriminates against people with disabilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying that people with disabilities such as blind people or those using wheelchairs or pedestrians take more than two minutes to get into an Uber car.

"People with disabilities are entitled to equal access to all areas of people's lives, including private transportation services provided by companies like Uber", Assistant Attorney General, Kristen Clarke, for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said in a statement citing by Reuters.

"This lawsuit seeks to get Uber to comply with the mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act while sending a strong message that Uber can't penalize passengers with disabilities just because they need more time to get into the car".

The department asked the court to order Uber to change its wait-time fee policy and pay monetary damages to those charged with illegal fees. Uber could not immediately be reached for comment on the lawsuit.