There is also the aspect of driver regulation
While having a trawl to get details to understand how uber works, 100search engines gave a worrying number of cases of women being harrassed and stalked.
The app apparently gives your full name and number by default to the random perv you may have driving you ( possibly other details too according to some of the interesting things that various women have subsequently experienced, at least in the US)
If you are using a cab you have a driver number to quote, If you have booked by a minicab company you also have a line of complaint.and safety.
As far as I could tell the only check appears to be valid private hire insurance.
( There may be "are you a psycho ? yes/no" type questions, but not enough time to dummy register).
Because they say they are not a cab company they appear not to do what a cab company would be required to by law. They are "just a contact service" (for potentially cowboy cabs) reading between the lines they seem to take the attitude that vetting is done by customer complaints.
When a woman is murdered by an Uber driver perhaps BJ will respond ?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
