Uber and other ride-sharing services have stopped accepting fares in the Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills in response to compliance activity from the State Government.
Uber and other ride-sharing services have stopped accepting fares in the Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills in response to"compliance activity" from the South Australian Government.
One Uber driver, Paul, told ABC Radio Adelaide he heard about it informally through other drivers yesterday. "At this stage, we can take passengers back into those regions, but once we're in that region and want to come back, the Uber app isn't active at all," he said.
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