It’s not growing demand that drives goobers fight over deeper checks. It’s costs and driver turn over. Goobers turn rate is 30 to 90 days for most drivers. Many figure out the scam in the first week or so and quit.
“It’s not growing demand that drives goobers fight over deeper checks.”
I don’t know about other cities, but in Houston demand has steadily grown for the past 3 years Uber has been here.
There are thousands of drivers. Houston has required the FBI background checks to operate here, same as with taxis. That continued at least through the Super Bowl. I’m not sure if it is changing.
The state of Texas is taking up ride sharing services to consider regulating it at the state level.
Uber pulled out of Austin over the city’s requiring the background checks. But they stayed in Houston. I think there was a compromise with city council here to do away with drug testing and physicals. Uber also set up offices here to recruit drivers.
It would not surprise me if the churn rate is that high and that frequent. It seems like it would be pretty hard for drivers to make even minimum wage after expenses.
Uber has a rapid growth model for their venture capitalist investors. They are driving costs down in order to gain market share. But it is mostly done at the expense of drivers who carry a disproportionate amount of the risk.