Feb 09, 2017

I pressed the physical panic button in Delhi cabs: Here's what happened

The Delhi government made physical panic buttons mandatory to ensure passenger safety.  But what exactly do these little red buttons do?

BYRamarko Sengupta

The Delhi government made physical panic buttons mandatory to ensure passenger safety.  But what exactly do these little red buttons do? To find out I pushed a couple of these buttons. Watch the video to see what happened. Also catch my earlier experience of pressing the in-app panic button that cab aggregators like Uber and Ola have.

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Ramarko Sengupta is a writer of FactorDaily.