Out West, there have been reports of female passengers for Uber being raped and or robbed. Uber and Lyft may feel encumbered by these antiqated systems of security as with fingerprints, but they have reason to be careful. I suspect someone else with money in Austin will be happy to form an Uber-like service that does allow for fingerprints. There is obviously a good market already there.
There have been incidents, but there are probably less incidents than taxis or buses. In uber or lyft, both the driver and rider are known to uber, as well as the route the car takes, when the ride gets to the destination, etc. People who commit crimes during an uber ride are caught easily.
As I just posted elsewhere, it’s not the fingerprinting. It’s the time it takes for the OK to come back.
Here’s what I just posted.
Having some experience in this here in Texas with my wife and I getting fingerprinted for another job, it’s the time it takes to get the OK back.
I’ve been fingerprinted numerous times over the years for positions requiring fairly high security clearances, so I’m in the system. It took over 6 months for my OK to come back.
My wife had never been fingerprinted, never been arrested, never had a ticket of any kind. It took her clearance 19 MONTHS to come back.
How easy is it going to be for Uber and Lyte to hire drivers when you have to wait 6 to 19 months before you can start driving?
“Out West, there have been reports of female passengers for Uber being raped and or robbed.”
Out west? lol. Those stagecoaches are rough, women should stay back east. Idiotic.