Gatwick Horley Resident Call to Kick out Uber over Drivers

UBER DRIVERS ARE PROVING to be a nuisance in a Surrey town that allowed its drivers to park up in a local car park while waiting for jobs at Gatwick Airport. Now residents are calling for Uber to be kicked out of Horley after claims the US tech app's drivers have been "leering at" and "intimidating" local residents. 

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council agreed last year to lease Uber 50 spaces in the Horley high street car park and a portable toilet was set up following complaints that drivers were urinating in public. But the agreement might be terminated after residents continued to complain. More than 300 people have signed a petition to cancel the contract with Uber. Councillors said some Uber drivers had been sleeping in their cars, leaving their engines running and not using the toilets available. 

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Councillor James Durrant, portfolio holder for enforcement, said: "Although there has been some self-policing by Uber drivers I understand that there are still a number of them who do not park in the designated spaces, leave their engines running or sleep in their vehicles. 

" He added: "This is against the terms of the contract. I am also concerned at reports of some residents being intimidated or chased out of the car park, this is a public facility and this council will not accept this type of behavior." 

An Uber spokesman said: "Anti-social behaviour is completely unacceptable and not what we expect from an Uber partner-driver. Any partner found to be acting antisocially risks permanently losing access to the Uber app."

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 Renfrewshire refuses Uber's massive licence increase. COUNCIL CHIEFS IN Renfrewshire have refused to allow Uber to operate a fleet of 500 taxis in the Scottish county, and instead have approved only 100 licences for the tech company. 

Uber had made an ambitious bid to increase its current provision for cabs in Renfrewshire from 50 to 500. But councillors in Paisley were told the US-based tech giant only use a fraction of its current capacity, and only increased the provision to 100. 

A spokesman for the council's Regulatory Functions Board said: "Councillors considered carefully information submitted in advance and presentations on the day from both Uber and Renfrewshire Cab Company, which had objected to the proposed change. The members of the board didn't think that it was reasonable at this stage to grant such a significant potential increase in capacity given Uber hasn't reached its currently licensed capacity ot 50 vehicles. 

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