Murderous Uber driver 'attacked passenger and the app biz did nothing. Then he raped me'

Re: Interesting.

As unlikely as it may seem; it is entirely possible there is more than one Yahkhahnahn Ammi in St Louis. Maybe there was a reason Perrie D Gibson chose that name? Perhaps it's just coincidence?

Apart from the previous conviction for attempted murder, the previous victim filling an assault case with the Police AND telling Uber, you're spot on.

@Adam 52 - yep. I expect any public-facing business collects complaints against employees[1], and has no way (unless it be sheer volume) to distinguish the ones with substance from the malicious or frivolous. And would be on the wrong end of an industrial tribunal if it took action against an employee on that basis without at least supporting evidence from the powers of law enforcement.

[1] Or not-technically-employees acting in an employee-like role.

It's almost like all the regulations on the Taxi industry which Uber tries to side-step were implemented for a reason, rather than just to screw with people, isn't it?

Tough tittys. In places like California if a cabbie is reported, the company must take him out of service till the complaint is proven false..

I don't see how

"Accessory before, during and after the fact".

Assuming any of this is true. Don't forget: read it on the internet.

taxi Regulation

Here in Victoria Texas, the cities regulate the taxis. This included a yearly application process wherein you submit your police record and fingerprints and the chief of police either alloys or disallows each application.

Uber doesn't want this background check to be performed, especially if fingerprints are required, and has recently gotten the state legislature to change it so the state oversees taxi regulation. Suspiciously absent from this new rule is any mention of REAL background checks for driver applicants.

Adma52 wrote "Much as I dislike Uber, surely driver licensing is the responsibility of local government not an app developer?"

That is one of the big things about Uber - They refuse to work with the local government, insisting that the drivers are not taxi drivers who need licensing but are self employed people and that they look after the vetting of them.

Re: I know their plan!!

Or, alternatively, they'll say that with all the coverage, any reasonable person would just assume they're going to be assaulted/raped in an Uber car, and therefore Uber can't be held responsible.