Onus on Didi to ensure safety of passengers

WEEKS AFTER a female passenger was raped and killed by the driver of a car registered with Didi Kuaidi, the domestic ride-hailing giant suspended its night service for one week to "plug the loopholes" in its security mechanism. Didi resumed the night service on Friday. Guangming Daily comments:

Didi said it has implemented a new set of rules for its night ride-hailing service. According to the new rules, only drivers who have been registered with Didi for more than six months and have clocked over 1,000 trips safely will be part of its night service - between 11 pm and 5 am.

Providing some data to support its claim of having implemented the new rules, Didi said 6.98 million passengers have added an "emergency contact person" to their information.