Past Limo Crash Findings Playing Into Proposed Rules
10/23 update: As the public awaits a preliminary report on an accident cause, two recommendations after a 2015 crash would have affected the recent one.
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Uber Boosts Background Checks For Drivers
Posted on April 12, 2018
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DETROIT — Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that constantly monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping riders safe.
The move announced Thursday is one of several actions taken by the ride-hailing company under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who said that the changes aren’t just being done to polish the company’s image, which has been tarnished by driver misbehavior and a long string of other embarrassing failings.
Associated Press article via San Jose Mercury News here
Related Topics: background checks, criminal incidents, driver behavior, passenger safety, TNCs, Uber
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Frank cicero
| about 7 months agoHow about the uber driver with a brand new Camry that slammed into the back of my town car because his app went off. He damaged my car but totalled his and fornulately I was not in it ??