Uber insisted on trial that "Language test implementation will cause 33,000 drivers to lose their jobs"

ByAaron Parecki

Uber, a dispatch service that calls taxi and hire from a smartphone application, can be paid on the application, the London Transportation Bureau (Uber), which announced a new regulation to conduct English tests for individual taxi drivers operating taxis TfL) against the lawsuit against the opposition. In that trial Uber asserted that "if we conduct an English test, as many as 33,000 drivers will lose their jobs."

Uber says thousands of London drivers threatened by English language test | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-britain-idUSKBN1671GN

Uber v TfL: court hears written English test will cost 33,000 drivers their jobs | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/28/uber-v-tfl-court-hears-written-english-test-will-cost-33000-driver-jobs

From 1 April 2017, the London Bureau of Transportation has decided to conduct English tests, including reading, listening and writing, at the time of license acquisition and renewal for personal operated taxi drivers. There are two types of taxis running in London, "black cab" operated by the London Bureau of Transportation and "Minicab" operated by an individual, but English tests are targeted to Minicab drivers It is. The black cab isExamination said to be the hardest in the worldIf you do not pass, the license will not be issued.

ByDAVID HOLT

Uber with many personal taxi drivers filed lawsuit against the London Transportation Bureau against the implementation of the English exam. Uber insists that "the implementation of speaking is fine, but it is not necessary to carry out written exams," but the London Transportation Bureau said, "The driver has to communicate exactly about the route and fee to passengers and purpose We have to have the ability to read and understand rules and traffic information, etc. "

In a trial on February 28, 2017, Uber's defense attorney said, "Thirty-three thousand of the 11 thousand individual taxi drivers will fail the test and lose the license, which TfL will release "It is a figure calculated by calculating from the data that we are using," he said, and appealed the danger of conducting English tests. According to Uber, even if there is no problem in speaking and reading, many drivers do not accept the lighting test.

ByModern Language Center

The London Bureau of Transportation was planning to exempt the test from those who originally had English as its official language, but this is an act of discrimination, so all drivers are tested in English I decided to do it. The trial took place until March 2nd, and attention is drawn to whether the writing test is included in the English exam.