MANILA, Philippines — Ride-hailing giant Grab announced that it had started equipping some vehicles in its fleet with audio and video recording as part of a pilot program aimed at reducing “preventable incidents.”The program which began on Monday and would run for two to six weeks in Metro Manila covered 180 Grab vehicles. Half would be equipped with in-car cameras and the rest with audio recording. But should they agree, the audio and video recordings of the rides would be encrypted and stored securely in Grab’s database for seven days and 10 hours, respectively. “Grab sees that this audio and video recording will serve as another layer of security to both drivers and passengers,” Grab said in a statement. “We hope that this pilot will bring us even closer to our goal of zero preventable incidents on our platform.”The program was rolled out in Grab’s Jakarta operations last week.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 13, 2020 20:03 UTC