"I wonder if we should be leaving driver qualification to train operators," the transport minister, Kazuo Kitagawa, said.
Among the findings of its compliance review, the Department of Transportation said it had found multiple violations in Sky Express's driver qualification requirements, drug and alcohol compliance measures, hours of operation and vehicle maintenance.
Uber's high profile, moreover, could force it to pay more attention to driver qualifications and safety, as "consumers now learn of its every misstep".
It also urges rules to better assess drivers' qualifications, ban the use of cellphones while operating a passenger-carrying vehicle, increase monitoring of new bus companies and ensure that unsafe carriers cannot resume operations under a new name.
Twenty-two year old David tells the class about the local manager who advised him that even with a forklift-driver's qualification, the only way he'd get a job is to work for free.
The death of Senna, and of fellow driver Roland Ratzenberger during qualification the same weekend, caused a storm of debate over safety.
"There are around 10 million car rental transactions in the UK each year and the majority of rental bookings are approved very quickly and at no cost by checking the driver endorsement and qualification information contained on the driver licence counterpart," said a spokesman for the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association.
The consumer agency's chief investigator, Jorge Dominguez, is an agronomist, and the technical expert heading the tire inquiry, Carlos Salanova, is a former Goodyear tire salesman and rally-car driver without engineering qualifications.
Uber went on to challenge the requirement that drivers gain an English qualification in court — a challenge that was rejected in March (though Uber said it intended to appeal).
The proposed regulations also give the government more oversight into what new cities ridesharing apps can launch in, and require all drivers to obtain qualifications.
Her only qualifications were a driver's license and a high school education.
