[xzins]

I’m just thinking about it from the perspective if I had to insure Uber against misbehavior of any of its drivers. I’d want a basic background check at a minimum, and that would include fingerprints.

I am assuming that Uber has insurance. Maybe they don’t.

[VRWCmember]

if I had to insure Uber against misbehavior of any of its drivers. I’d want a basic background check at a minimum, and that would include fingerprints.

Uber and Lyft DO conduct background checks on their drivers.

[matt04]

Über does their own background checks before they let you drive for them.

[DesertRhino]

“I am assuming that Uber has insurance. Maybe they don’t.”

The drivers are supposed to buy their own. They are contractors, not company employees. Think of the Uber app as a classified ad in the paper when a driver posts a “call me for a ride” ad.

You wouldn’t expect the paper to carry insurance on that guy.