On April 27, 2016 an article from The Texas Tribune titled "Uber Preparing To Leave Houston If City Keeps Existing Rules" basically stating that the company plans to cease operations if Houston Tx if the city counsel doesn't back off with all the rules and regulations.
Houston is one of two cities in the country where uber is operating that its drivers undergo fingerprint-based background checks.
Honestly I think that of course uber drivers should get background checks because now and days this world is so messed up you have no idea who you can trust and you absolutely do not want get in a vehicle with someone dangerous. There has been a story on an uber driver that rapped two girls that he picked up which explains why this is such a serious matter.
Apparently uber has already left three cities in Texas and is threatening to do the same to Austin if they approve similar regulations.
I think that our government should stand strong and keep fighting this and not back down because the best way to keep out country safe is to set rules and regulations and with that a major rule that we need to have is for uber drivers should have to get fingerprinted and background checked its only whats right and whats fair to us. The key word with all of this is "safety" and we should be able to feel safe with this company that is very high in demand and very popular famous people even us them.
This is just my opinion and im one thats all for rules and regulations if it means that we are safe and don't have to worry about danger and crazy people driving me home or to places i need to get to and i will not be able to drive to. We go in thinking we can trust these people so we don't really think about bad things that can happen so thats why i feel strongly about going more into who is going to be my uber driver and who im putting my trust in.
On Thursday May, 5 2016 Alyssa Rangel covered an article from the Texas Tribune titled "Uber Preparing to Leave Houston If City Keeps Existing Rules." This article was written April 27, 2016. Alyssa goes on to state that Uber would cease operations in Houston, Tx if the city counsel didn't back off with the rules and regulations that were being placed on them. She also stated that Houston is one of two cities that Uber has initiated the fingerprint background checks, and has already left three cities, and will include Austin if the same regulations are approved.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alyssa, that nowadays safety is key to survival and that the world we are living in today seems to have many more issues involving dangerous situations. It is also true that we have to be more careful around people we don't know, especially drivers of Uber who we are entrusting our lives to safely get us to our destinations.
Although I am in agreement with Alyssa in that we need rules and regulations to keep us safe from danger, but it is not always going to stop it. There is always going to be something, or someone out there that is going to break the rules, and I don't think that just adding fingerprint background checks is going to change that. If it makes people feel safer, then I say do it, but the way Uber is doing things now seems to be going well, minus a few terrible situations.
I can also say that the same could be said for those who are hailing an Uber driver. These drivers have gone through security checks to be made safe for picking up and dropping off passengers, but the passengers have not gone through these checks. So it is not just the Uber passengers that need to be careful, but also the drivers as well. Suffice to say, we all need to be a little more careful in who is giving us rides and who is riding as a passenger.