bookmycab.com launches safety feature called ‘SOS button’

bookmycab.com launches safety feature called

‘SOS button’

-   bookmycab.com has incorporated the safety feature called “SOS” in its mobile APP. The company is also working on installing a physical button on all the taxies registered with bookmycab.com.

-   New feature will enhance security of the passengers travelling via cabs.

-   With the help of the “SOS button”, passengers can alert Police, bookmycab.com control room and their friends & family anywhere at anytime - even when they are not using a taxi ride from bookmycab.com

Kolkata 14^th Januray 2015 : Bookmycab.com today announced that they have introduced the “SOS” button on their mobile app. This unique feature has been introduced for enhancing the safety of passengers.

Bookmycab.com has introduced “SOS” button on their latest version of the App. SOS is the international Morse code distress signal and a short form for "Save Our Souls". The passenger can register upto 3 mobile numbers and email ids where a message will automatically be sent if he / she is in trouble.

Bookmycab.com has proactively added more safety features such asalerting the Police by automatically placing a phone call to the number ‘100’ which is police helpline and also alerting the bookmycab.com control room. The control room will pull out all the details of the taxi used by the passenger on real-time basis. This information is also shared with all the 3 registered mobile numbers via sms and email.

A sample SMS is:                                                         

“SOS! Your friend Mr. Rakesh, +91 9000000000 travelling with bookmycab is in need of your help. Taxi Number MH-00-XX-1234, Driver Mr. Suresh, +91 8000000000. His last location was at Airport today at 05:08 pm”

Bookmycab.com has also ensured that the sms without location can be sent if the person is in an area where no data / gps facility is available. In that case a simple sms will be send to the 3 mobile users and bookmycab.com control room with the last known location.

On the development of introduction of this unique feature, Mr. Avinash Gupta, Founder and CEO of Bookmycab.com, said,  "We have always kept Passenger safety in mind and added several other innovative features in our mobile APP. These include auto dialing to Police helpline and alerting our control center. We are also working on installing the SOS or Physical Panic button in our cabs. This will be in addition to the existing SOS button that we have introduced in our APP.”

Passengers can book cabs by logging on to the company website at bookmycab.com or downloading the app from Google Playstore or dialing (033) 41234567 from their phones.

About Bookmycab.com:

Bookmycab.com is the first licensed call taxi service in India, to launch metered Black & Yellow (Non Air-Conditioned) Taxis as well as metered Cool Cab (Air conditioned) as call Taxis. The company launched operations in Kolkata and Hyderabad last year. An initiative of IIT Mumbai alumni, Bookmycab.com emphasizes upon reliability and affordability, customized service suiting customer requirement and heightened customer service.