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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does Uber pay you, and how often?  How does Uber vet its drivers (do they run some background check for DUIs etc)?[/quote]

Uber pays out weekly always by Thursday, and sometimes early on Wednesday, for the hours worked between 4:00am Monday to 3:59am the following Monday in the week prior.  It's by direct deposit straight into my bank account.

Uber contracts with a company called Checkr to run a criminal background check and a DMV/MVA driving records check.  Here's the list (cut&paste, per uber):

[i]Going back 7 years, the criminal background check looks at:[/i]
A clean criminal background check with no felonies or misdemeanors involving theft, violence or drugs in a given time frame (varies by state)
County courthouse records for every county of residence for the last 7 years
Federal courthouse records going back 7 years
The multi-state criminal database going back 7 years
Motor Vehicle Records
Social Security Trace
National Sex Offender Registry

[i]The driving records check verifies:[/i]
A minimum of 1 year U.S. licensing history (if under 23 years old, must have at least 3 years licensing history)
A clean Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) with no more than 3 incidents in the past 3 years
No DUIs and no reckless driving
No speeding violations for driving 20 mph or greater over the speed limit in the past 3 years.
*We do not perform a credit check

Now, for whatever reason, sometimes people slip thru the cracks.  Checkr runs their checks every year on existing drivers to catch ones that had an unreported incident in the past year, and drivers do get cut for this (DUI, reckless driving,...).

But overall I feel the background checks are pretty thorough, especially since using social security numbers.  The next step would be fingerprinting, which would be a logistical headache, but I don't see that happening any time soon.  Compared to the alternative (an untracked taxicab), I'd still say it's...ummm...safe enough with the average driver, lol.

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