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> Anyone raping anyone is horrendous and a tragic atrocity. It should never be allowed to happen! Yet it can be somewhat prevented with background checks.

• criddell 11y ago
  It happens with regular cab companies too: http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/07/18/11680790/ http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/07/18/11680790/ http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-brooklyn-woman-recounts-traumatic-rape-taxi-article-1.2101285 http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/exclusive-broo... http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/07/former_yellow_cab_driver_sente.html http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/07/former_yellow_ca... AFAIK, Uber does do a background check for drivers in the US.
  • fweespeech 11y ago
    > AFAIK, Uber does do a background check for drivers in the US. They do a cheaper less effective version than is required for cab drivers in many areas (e.g. Houston)
    • criddell 11y ago
      And there are still problems, right? http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/07/11/11254424/ http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/07/11/11254424/ Overall, I wonder if the crime rate among Uber rides is more or less than the crime rate among Taxi rides?