True but is there a vetting process? Could a sex offender be a Uber driver?
Sure, and it could be the only way he has to make a living. He might also be a thug out for a score. More good reasons for CC.
An axe murderer could be an Uber driver
Sure. And a sex offender could be a cab driver too. Or a teacher. Or whatever. The prevailing argument against any new service business these days seems to be “but what about the sex offenders??” As conservatives, we should be concerned about why a business IS a viable idea, and not looking for the one in a million reason that it might not be. In my opinion its the liberals who are always trying to shoot down the new ideas.
“True but is there a vetting process? Could a sex offender be a Uber driver?”
Back in my much younger days I was printed to be a cab driver. I couldn’t figure out why - as the passengers were my biggest threat, LOL (I was young).
They do background checks, but there is some debate about how thorough they are. In any case, they’ve had some issues, but very few.
Great point, Pappy, and it is a concern. There was a case out of Atlanta, I believe, where an Uber driver was picking up women and then groping them. He was eventually caught, but it's been raised as a concern by several entities, not the least of which was the cab unions.
There probably are sex offender uber operators. Do you think there are no sex offender cab drivers? If the prospect worries you stay out of both. But the way it isn’t hard to become a sex offender today.
Uber does a background check on every driver.
A good, decent background check on someone to determine his/her arrest/conviction record isn't very expensive or difficult to get. You can do it on-line in about five minutes.
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As for people using it for criminal purposes, possible. Just as it is possible with any taxi service. But since you can check the driver before you get into his car you can avoid the ones with ratings that say "he robbed us and dumped our bodies in the river"