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Uber does background checks, not sure where the idea that they are skipping them comes from

by ylhert 10y ago

Analemma_ 10y ago
It might come from the fact that they ragequit Austin rather than do background checks.
- mgraczyk 10y ago
  Uber was already doing background checks in Austin. They quit in protest of a requirement that drivers be fingerprinted and forced to drive around with Uber decals on their cars.
  - ylhert 10y ago
    Correct
  - wavefunction 10y ago
    Uber (combined with Lyft) spent $10,000,000 to lie to the people of Austin about the effects of Prop 1. At a conservative cost of $50 per finger-printing, that's enough to fingerprint 200,000 drivers. I know because I received over 30 pieces of direct mail in the two weeks leading up to the vote from whatever clown-show operation they hired. Twelve of the direct mail pieces were the same mailer. Given the waste of paper and their previous history (especially the behavior of the executives), I don't care if Uber ever "comes back."
- TheCondor 10y ago
  I thought it had something to do with the type of background check and what was included
  - fudged71 10y ago
    Yeah, here in Alberta, Uber wanted to be able to do their own background checks, but they were forced by the government to have the local police run background checks as well. Presumably there were a bunch of criminals passing the Uber background checks in the states and this needed to be addressed to meet the regulations.
- ylhert 10y ago
  Austin was requiring fingerprinting background checks, which have been shown to be much less accurate than the background check process that Uber currently uses. It's really a step backwards in every respect (speed, accuracy, cost).
antiviral 10y ago
By 'background check' I mean a process that the local govt. believes is necessary based on experience and past incidents, not something that someone at Uber came up with randomly. "News of assaults by ride-hailing drivers has been a frequent occurrence. Reports of rape, battery and harassment have grabbed headlines in California, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Florida and many other states. While some of these drivers have clean criminal histories, others had prior convictions that Uber and Lyft's background checks didn't find." https://www.cnet.com/news/california-law-tightens-background-checks-on-uber-lyft-drivers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/california-law-tightens-background...
- ylhert 10y ago
  Background checks are definitely imperfect, but that is not Ubers fault. The issue is usually not the background check providers, but rather the upstream data sources (read: local governments, courthouses, DMV, etc) Disclaimer: I work at a background check company
- pfarnsworth 10y ago
  Have you bothered searching the incidences of taxi drivers attacking their customers? No, you'll just take whatever is spoonfed to you from the media, I guess.
  - grzm 10y ago
    No, you'll just take whatever is spoonfed to you from the media, I guess. Within this thread, your parent has at least provided some support for their position. If you're aware of evidence to support yours (e.g., information regarding taxi-driver attacks or counter to the info in the cnet article), that would be a worthwhile contribution. Dismissing out of hand the commenter as naïve isn't civil.
  - antiviral 10y ago
    If you don't like CNET, here are a few hundred more 'incidents' involving Uber and also Lyft drivers, the most recent one being a kidnapping on 12/14/16: http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents Why are you so invested in ignoring what's right in front of you?

Uber does background checks, not sure where the idea that they are skipping them comes from

by ylhert 10y ago

Uber does background checks, not sure where the idea that they are skipping them comes from

Analemma_ 10y ago

It might come from the fact that they ragequit Austin rather than do background checks.

mgraczyk 10y ago
Uber was already doing background checks in Austin. They quit in protest of a requirement that drivers be fingerprinted and forced to drive around with Uber decals on their cars.
- ylhert 10y ago
  Correct
- wavefunction 10y ago
  Uber (combined with Lyft) spent $10,000,000 to lie to the people of Austin about the effects of Prop 1. At a conservative cost of $50 per finger-printing, that's enough to fingerprint 200,000 drivers. I know because I received over 30 pieces of direct mail in the two weeks leading up to the vote from whatever clown-show operation they hired. Twelve of the direct mail pieces were the same mailer. Given the waste of paper and their previous history (especially the behavior of the executives), I don't care if Uber ever "comes back."
TheCondor 10y ago
I thought it had something to do with the type of background check and what was included
- fudged71 10y ago
  Yeah, here in Alberta, Uber wanted to be able to do their own background checks, but they were forced by the government to have the local police run background checks as well. Presumably there were a bunch of criminals passing the Uber background checks in the states and this needed to be addressed to meet the regulations.
ylhert 10y ago
Austin was requiring fingerprinting background checks, which have been shown to be much less accurate than the background check process that Uber currently uses. It's really a step backwards in every respect (speed, accuracy, cost).

antiviral 10y ago

By 'background check' I mean a process that the local govt. believes is necessary based on experience and past incidents, not something that someone at Uber came up with randomly. "News of assaults by ride-hailing drivers has been a frequent occurrence. Reports of rape, battery and harassment have grabbed headlines in California, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Florida and many other states. While some of these drivers have clean criminal histories, others had prior convictions that Uber and Lyft's background checks didn't find." https://www.cnet.com/news/california-law-tightens-background-checks-on-uber-lyft-drivers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/california-law-tightens-background...

ylhert 10y ago
Background checks are definitely imperfect, but that is not Ubers fault. The issue is usually not the background check providers, but rather the upstream data sources (read: local governments, courthouses, DMV, etc) Disclaimer: I work at a background check company
pfarnsworth 10y ago
Have you bothered searching the incidences of taxi drivers attacking their customers? No, you'll just take whatever is spoonfed to you from the media, I guess.
- grzm 10y ago
  No, you'll just take whatever is spoonfed to you from the media, I guess. Within this thread, your parent has at least provided some support for their position. If you're aware of evidence to support yours (e.g., information regarding taxi-driver attacks or counter to the info in the cnet article), that would be a worthwhile contribution. Dismissing out of hand the commenter as naïve isn't civil.
- antiviral 10y ago
  If you don't like CNET, here are a few hundred more 'incidents' involving Uber and also Lyft drivers, the most recent one being a kidnapping on 12/14/16: http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents Why are you so invested in ignoring what's right in front of you?