Lyft announces addition of panic button, among other safety features

Thursday, May 23, 2019
Officials with Lyft announced the ridesharing company's app will soon feature a 911 panic button.

The company will also enlarge driver license plate numbers in the app to stop mistaken identities.
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The changes come one month after University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson was killed.

The New Jersey native got into a car that she thought was her Uber.
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