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Lack of sufficient funding, transportation for victims of gender-based violence,

There is a clear need to identify older drivers at increased crash risk, without additional burden on the individual or licensing system. Brief off-road screening tools have been used to identify unsafe drivers and drivers at risk of losing their license. The aim of the current study was to evaluate and compare driver screening tools in predicting prospective self-reported crashes and incidents over 24 months in drivers aged 60 years and older. 525 drivers aged 63–96 years participated in the ...

Doha: Uber has announced the latest steps it is taking to help improve safety on the app with the launch of the new Safety Check Up feature. In an...

The new feature adds to existing features such as GPS tracking, the Emergency Button, Driver Screening and Speed Alerts among others

Uber has launched the Safety Check-Up update that will encourage riders to complete their safety profile by turning on and utilizing the Trusted Contacts, PIN Verification and RideCheck features that are available in-app.

Regulators tell cnn that is not enough and that government-run background checks that include fingerprinting potential drivers would go further in discovering histories of violence, but uber says fingerprints dont offer a complete picture of arrests and convictions. and uber has gone to great lengths to fight any government-run background checks. >> thats their game plan every single city, every single state, were going to get a law passed thats just for us. its their own special law for uber an...

Every single city. every single state. were going to get a law passed just for us. its their own special law for uber and lyft. >> reporter: a special investigate tallied more than 400 highed by uber mostly to fight stricter oversight. in many states, even writing the laws. cnns investigation reviewed all 43 states that have laws or rules on driver background checks. and they are strikingly similar. all but massachusetts leave background checks up to uber. and in 31 states, the laws passed refle...

Oversight in many states, even writing the laws. cnns investigation reviewed all 43 states that have laws or rules on driver background checks, and they are strikingly similar. all but massachusetts leave background checks up to uber. in 31 states, the laws passed reflect ubers recommended wording on driver screening in some cases almost word for word. this e-mail from an uber lobbyist to a wyoming lawmaker shows how influential uber can be. the uber lobbyist says they have two major issues with...

Fingerprinting. >> if you read their website theres language about how theyre striving to make this a safe experience for the rider and then when you read the small print you see basically uber is completely walking away from any liability. >> its uber aggressive in fighting stronger background checks. the company defended the screening but on wednesday uber promised to improve saying it has more work to do and we will do it. pledging to build tools for enhanced driver screening and giving custo...