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Trust infrastructure for shared transport

Imagine if trust could travel with you.

SafetyRide brings verification to real-world taxi journeys, whether the ride is booked, arranged by a partner or started from the street.

The first wave of mobility was about convenience.

The next wave will be about verified safety.

SafetyRide · Societal cost model

The cost of missing safety

Every unclear ride has a cost — and most of it never appears on the ride itself. It moves into complaints, insurance, investigations, courts and public administration. Adjust the assumptions below to estimate that cost, and how much of it is tied to the verification gap SafetyRide closes.

Active drivers2,113,800
Annual rides3,317,040,000
Derived: vehicles × drivers per vehicle · vehicles × rides per month × 12
Africa
Low-income markets; the licensed four-wheeler segment is concentrated in cities. Lowest-confidence region — vehicle counts vary widely between sources.
Cost factors — labour cost level ×0.15 · institutional & legal cost ×1.65 · healthcare cost level ×0.15 · tourism exposure ×0.73 · insurance & asset structure ×2.50
Sources: see consolidated source list, sections P1 & P2
Estimated annual societal cost
€36.03B
≈ €10.86 per ride
Exposure verification can reduce
€16.67B
Roughly 46% of the total is driven by the verification & evidence gap — the part SafetyRide is built to close.
SafetyRide adoption%

Defaults to full adoption — the entire reducible exposure. Lower it to model partial uptake.

€16.67B
The share of the reducible exposure that this level of market adoption would address, scaled linearly.
Where the cost lands
Anticipation€4.90B
Consequence€2.42B
Response€28.71B
Who carries the cost
Public / society€11.09B
Fleet owners & operators€9.13B
Insurers€15.57B
Drivers€240.97M
Destinations & wider economy€204k

SafetyRide does not claim to prevent every incident. It reduces the uncertainty that makes ordinary disputes slow, contested and expensive to resolve.

See how verification closes the gap →
Local control

Not a dispatch replacement. Not a fare controller. Not a commission model.

Local operators, dispatch structures and fare rules remain in control, while SafetyRide adds verification and safety context around the journey.

Real-world journeys

Safety should not depend on how the ride begins.

Some journeys begin in an app. Others begin at a hotel, airport rank or on the street. SafetyRide is built around that reality.

  • Booked ride

    Request or connect through a qualified local workflow.

  • Partner handoff

    Hotels and travel partners can connect passengers to verified vehicles.

  • Street-hail

    Scan the SafetyTag inside the taxi and activate the safety layer.

How it works

A simple trust flow behind each trip.

The experience adapts to the local model, while the core trust flow stays clear, verified and repeatable.

  • Before ride
    01

    Request

    A ride request can start from a passenger, hotel, venue, operator or partner flow, depending on the market.

  • During ride
    02

    Verify

    The driver, vehicle and trip context are verified through the SafetyRide flow and SafetyTag trust signals.

  • During ride
    03

    Document

    Key trip and safety events can become structured records for operators, partners and approved workflows.

  • After ride
    04

    Review

    Operators and partners can review completed rides, incidents, feedback and market signals without replacing their existing systems.

Shared safety layer

Verification only works when the market can trust it.

Professional drivers gain a visible trust signal, passengers get clearer trip context, and operators keep control of local workflows.

  • Licensed drivers

    Easier to be recognised as qualified, and better protected when a journey is questioned.

    • Verified driver and vehicle context
    • Less uncertainty at pickup
    • A professional trust layer around each ride
  • Passengers

    A clearer way to verify the vehicle, driver and trip context.

    • Clearer pickup context
    • Visible verification signal
    • Better evidence if something needs review
  • Operators and partners

    A safety layer that supports existing dispatch, rules and relationships.

    • Works beside existing dispatch
    • Supports sector-level trust
    • Creates better documentation and insight
Physical verification

The dedicated witness unit behind SafetyRide.

SafetyTag brings SafetyRide's security layer into the vehicle, supporting event-based verification, accountability and controlled recovery when something is questioned, unsafe, stolen or disputed.

  • AI
  • LTE
  • BLE
  • QR
  • EVENT
A SafetyTag unit on a dark background.
Market signals

Real markets show why this matters.

The details change by country, but the pattern is familiar: passengers need clearer handoffs, and serious drivers need better protection.

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Verified transport

Become part of verified transport infrastructure.

We are interested in serious conversations with partners who can support responsible deployment, market access and long-term transport trust.