Four days after a University of South Carolina student was killed after entering a car she mistakenly thought was her Uber ride, lawmakers in the state were introducing a bill Tuesday to require all ride-hailing services in the state to have illuminated signs on their vehicles.
Samantha Josephson, 21, was standing outside a bar in the trendy Five Points district of Columbia at around 2 a.m. Friday when a vehicle rolled up and she climbed into the back seat, apparently believing it was the Uber ride she ordered, police said. Surveillance video shows the Chevy Impala drive away.
Her father, Seymour Josephson, says he wants others to learn from what happened to his daughter and be more careful using ride-hailing services. And he wants to see those services improve safety for clients.