Uber spokeswoman Nairi Hourdajian said no background check process is perfect, ... L.A. and San Diego included 475 livery drivers and 600 taxi drivers whom Uber rejected because they had been ...

Uber says that in 2014, at least 600 active taxi drivers who also applied to Uber in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco failed its background check for problems such as violent crimes ...

Opponents of Uber, Lyft and other smartphone-powered transportation services have long lobbied for regulators to treat these companies the same way taxi companies are treated, given that they're ...

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Uber, under fire around the globe for how it screens drivers, said it will toughen up its background checks and take other measures to improve passenger safety. Phillip Cardenas, the head of ...

Uber’s checks are at least rigorous enough that not everyone passes, Bennett said. Ten percent of Boston taxi drivers who took Uber’s background check failed, he said.

Cab drivers and taxi companies alike talk about how all the ways in which the regulations they obey keep customers safe: Uber doesn’t have as stringent background checks, vehicle inspections or ...

Uber says that in 2014, at least 600 active taxi drivers who also applied to Uber in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco failed its background check for problems such as violent crimes ...

Uber says that in 2014, at least 600 active taxi drivers who also applied to Uber in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco failed its background check for problems such as violent crimes ...

The taxi industry, facing an existential threat from Uber, has highlighted a series of incidents as evidence that an Uber trip is a gamble passengers should not take. Then again, taxi drivers have ...

DRIVER BACKGROUND CHECKS This is where taxi advocates hit Uber hardest, saying that Uber’s checks fail because they do not include fingerprinting of would-be drivers. Many law enforcement experts say ...