Justice Dept. sues Uber, alleging it charges disabled passengers who need more time to climb into a vehicle extra “wait time” fees.
Uber began violating the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2016 when it first began charging these fees in target markets, the. Those fees are now being charged across the country, it said.
Riders who are blind or use walkers or wheelchairs that need to be folded up and put away need more time to get into vehicles, but Uber still hits them up for more money even when it"is aware that a passenger’s need for additional time is clearly disability-based," according to a Justice Department statement.
The Justice Department is seeking unspecified damages for people"subjected to the illegal wait time fees" and is asking the court to order Uber"to modify its wait time fee policy to comply with the ADA" and retrain its drivers.The company said it had already been in discussions with the Justice Department about how to rectify the wait fees situation"before this surprising and disappointing lawsuit" was filed in the Northern District of California.
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