Uber’s history tests missed murder And DUI Convictions, Prosecutors Say

A up to date modification to a lawsuit filed against Uber closing yr indicates that the ride-hailing app’s screening course of for potential drivers is some distance from foolproof, the la occasions experiences.

On Wednesday, prosecutors printed that Uber’s background tests had no longer flagged 25 drivers with criminal data across los angeles and San Francisco. those drivers had given thousands of rides to clients in both cities, and one driver had in the past served 26 years in prison for a 2nd-stage murder conviction. Others had DUI and fraud convictions that weren’t detected with the aid of Uber’s screening.

The lawsuit, brought against Uber by district attorneys in L.A. and San Francisco, argued that Uber had duped shoppers into considering its provider used to be safer than it in fact was once. the corporate claims its background take a look at seems to be at criminal information from as much as seven years prior, however it does now not request the fingerprints of attainable drivers (in contrast to L.A.’s screening process for taxi drivers).

“I give a boost to technological innovation,” San Francisco district lawyer George Gascón stated in a observation. “Innovation, then again, does not supply corporations a license to mislead shoppers about considerations affecting their security.”

a couple of weeks ago, the los angeles times pronounced that the felony records of four Uber drivers in L.A. would have banned them from working a taxi in the city.

[by means of the la instances]