Uber: New York truck attack suspect passed background check

[IronLionZion]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/01/technology/uber-new-york-attack-driver-background-check/index.html?iid=surge-toplead-dom

Uber says it's in contact with the FBI after it emerged that the suspect in the deadly truck attack in New York City was one of the company's drivers.

Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, originally from Uzbekistan, has been living in the U.S. since 2010, law enforcement sources told CNN. Uber said he started driving for the ride-hailing app in New Jersey just over six months ago.

The 29-year-old is accused of using a rented pickup truck to mow down cyclists on a busy bike path near the World Trade Center in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was shot and detained by police.

Uber said Saipov passed a background check in order to drive for the company and has now been banned from its platform. But his case may raise questions about Uber's background checks process.

Records show Saipov received multiple traffic citations in the past. In 2015, he was charged in Platte, Missouri, with failure to equip a motor vehicle carrier with or maintain a required brake system. After he missed his court appearance in November 2016, the court entered a guilty plea on his behalf.

I've had some reckless and dangerous Uber drivers that I had to report. Lyft seems more responsive to such reports so I often fork over the extra few dollars to use them. But generally, in my experience the average Uber or Lyft driver is more sane than the average taxi driver, at least in DC.

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1. LOL. Sure. And exactly what king of 'background check' was that, Uber?

[IronLionZion]

2. He did not have any rider complaints about his safety as a driver, according to Uber

[jberryhill]

3. What kind would you expect?

There is no magic spell for predicting whether any individual will or will not commit some insane act of violence in the future.

What, in his background information would suggest he would do this?

If some nut, for any sort of nutty pretext or none at all, decides to drive a truck into a bunch of people, there is no "this guy will drive a truck into people" detector.

[PSPS]

4. I'm not suggesting a "background check" would have made any difference in this incident.

I fully agree with your assessment that even a "real" background check would have been meaningless here. It's just funny that Uber refers to "our background check" when, in fact. they've been in hot water for years over the scant screening they do.

[B2G]

6. Thank you. nt

[RussBLib]

5. so when is Uzbekistan going to be added to the "travel ban" list?

Oh, that won't do. Uzbekistan has a ton of oil and gas, and they are awash in Russian oligarch money, so, no, we can't add Uzbekistan.