&gt; Yes, because its a good idea to put them in a position of power right after they are out of jail. Did you not bother to read the link to the drunk girl who stupidly got into a car with one of these guys?<p>Wow.<p>Bro. A couple of things:<p>Humans who would launch unjustifiable assaults against other humans come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are convicted felons. <i>Most</i> of them are not. A <i>proper</i> background check [0] discovers with a relatively high degree of certainty whether or not one is likely to assault another (among many other things).<p>It often takes a <i>very</i>, <i>very</i> long time before one can seal a felony conviction. &quot;The guy who can&#x27;t find solid work because he did a dramatically stupid thing a decade ago, despite the fact that he&#x27;s a <i>dramatically</i> different and dramatically better guy now than he was then&quot; is kinda archetypical.<p>A prior felony conviction, along with the degree of one&#x27;s success at rehabilitation is just another datapoint to be considered in a proper background check.<p>&gt; &quot;Hey this one situation is risky, we shouldn&#x27;t let them do X because there are clear instances of bad things happening because they pick up impaired passengers.&quot;<p>You say that like <i>regular</i> cabbies with clean records aren&#x27;t not-infrequently accused of theft, assault, and swindling. :&#x2F;<p>&gt; Yes, your article agrees I&#x27;m correct despite you arguing with me for some bizarre reason(?)<p>Heh. You said:<p>&gt; The difference [in regards to insurance coverage] with Uber is the driver gets fucked instead of the Taxi&#x2F;Uber company. [1]<p>From what I can tell (and from what I&#x27;ve read in the Uber driver recruitment letters I&#x27;ve been getting in the mail), Uber et. al. are straightforward about the limits of their insurance.<p>You all-but-explicitly claimed that nontraditional cab companies were making it difficult to understand the limits of their insurance policies. Perhaps their policies in regards to disclosure of this information have changed recently, but everything I&#x27;ve read that was <i>actually published</i> by the companies in question was straightforward and clear.<p>[0] I know what such a thing is because I was subject to one in a former life.<p>[1] Amusingly, you said this right <i>after</i> you mentioned that Uber had done the legwork required to <i>find</i> an insurer that was willing to insure commercial drivers making use of their personal vehicle during the time that they&#x27;re not driving <i>for</i> Uber.