Uber appealed the September decision and has been allowed to continue operating while appealing, and company lawyers appeared before Westminster Magistrates Court June 25. The original ruling from Transport for London said the company failed to properly perform background checks on drivers and implemented software that interfered with government attempts to apprehend law-breaking drivers.
In response, Uber formed driver advisory groups, promised to report serious incidents to police and implemented a policy that would force Uber drivers to take six-hour breaks after driving for 10 hours.
“Such a young business has suffered a number of growing pains which have not been helped by what seemed to be a rather gung-ho attitude of those running the business in the very recent past,” said Judge Emma Arbuthnot, according to Fortune.
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