The use of roadblocks to look for signs of impairment was validated by Sitz, and the use of roadblocks to check for driver's licenses and vehicle registrations was expressly recognized in Delaware v. Prouse (1979).
The commission said it would oversee Zimride temporarily to ensure that it adhered to safety requirements, like proof of insurance, national criminal background checks for drivers and Department of Motor Vehicle checks.
The California Public Utilities Commission decided that 16-point vehicle inspections were required in addition to background checks for drivers for ridesharing services, but a firm like Getaround could just as easily have proposed such a solution.
In May, voters in the Texas capital rejected a proposal that would have overturned a city council measure forcing ride-sharing companies to require fingerprint-based background checks for drivers.
Created in an attempt to provide a lobbying counterweight to the power of the bus company owners, the association is now focused on introducing measures that would help the industry regulate itself, including training guidelines, background checks for drivers and more order in the number and distribution of jitneys on the road.
Transport for London, or TfL, the city's regulator, justified its decision not to renew Uber's operating license notably by citing concerns about passenger safety, insufficient medical and criminal background checks for drivers, and the way the company reported crimes.
The representatives called on the companies to adopt fingerprint-based background checks for drivers, both new and existing.
The rules included requiring fingerprint-based background checks for drivers, as well as barring pick-ups and drop-offs in lanes on certain roads within the city.
Yet the two companies have fought against efforts by regulators to require more stringent, fingerprint-based checks for drivers on ride-hailing platforms.
