Uber's drones taunt drivers stuck in traffic: Firm uses UAVs to advertise its carpool service to frustrated motorists
As if being stuck in gridlock traffic isn't enough, Uber has been teasing drivers with ads for its services suspended by drones.
Motorists in Mexico City have seen the flying ad boards hover serenely past their windscreens on the static highways as part of the ride-hailing app's push into Latin American markets.
The cardboard plaques, suspended from quadcopters, have been highlighting the capital's congestion misery to promote Uber's carpooling service, UberPool.
Mexico City has some of the worst traffic congestion in the world, with the city's 21 million inhabitants piling into vehicles... read more
18 October 2016 in
Science &Technology,
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Source: Daily Mail
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