Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

frakt0x90 wrote: post #2

Airlines do similar things for anything safety related. Having safer airlines is good for business and there's no sense in hoarding that information.

I wonder if other taxi services do anything similar regarding drivers they fired for safety reasons

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by MattGaiser » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

pochamago wrote: post #4

frakt0x90 wrote: post #2

Airlines do similar things for anything safety related. Having safer airlines is good for business and there's no sense in hoarding that information.

I wonder if other taxi services do anything similar regarding drivers they fired for safety reasons

They are still learning how to get up websites.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by _jal » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

frakt0x90 wrote: post #2

Airlines do similar things for anything safety related. Having safer airlines is good for business and there's no sense in hoarding that information.

Except... it ends up being a non-reviewable blacklist that most people don't even know exists.

What safeguards are there so that a grouchy driver or engineer can't use it to mess with their ex? For instance.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by bpodgursky » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:50 PM UTC

Uber and Lyft aren't big fans of having drivers accused of sexual assault or theft. I'm sure you could come up with a nefarious take, but it's really just a way of filtering out bad actors before they hurt riders.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:52 PM UTC

_jal wrote: post #6

frakt0x90 wrote: post #2

Airlines do similar things for anything safety related. Having safer airlines is good for business and there's no sense in hoarding that information.

Except... it ends up being a non-reviewable blacklist that most people don't even know exists. What safeguards are there so that a grouchy driver or engineer can't use it to mess with their ex? For instance.

I would imagine there's a review process for allegations already.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by zeronine » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

_jal wrote: post #6

frakt0x90 wrote: post #2

Airlines do similar things for anything safety related. Having safer airlines is good for business and there's no sense in hoarding that information.

Except... it ends up being a non-reviewable blacklist that most people don't even know exists. What safeguards are there so that a grouchy driver or engineer can't use it to mess with their ex? For instance.

I assume there is safeguards. But for the same reason these lists aren't public, their policies aren't either.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by _jal » Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

zeronine wrote: post #9

_jal wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except... it ends up being a non-reviewable blacklist that most people don't even know exists. What safeguards are there so that a grouchy driver or engineer can't use it to mess with their ex? For instance.

I assume there is safeguards. But for the same reason these lists aren't public, their policies aren't either.

Well, I think people tend to assume there were safeguards in place for things like this, too.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20041207/1958200.shtml

Doing these things in the dark almost always leads to abuse.