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Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by anon1121 on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:13PM (#14045196)
The indefinite look back is only for certain disqualifying offenses. Most (many of which are still rather serious) are 7 years. http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/transportation-network-comp...
Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by gruez on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @05:43PM (#14045910)
Counterpoint: plenty of non-violent offecences there with unlimited lookback as well.

G.L. c. 272, §7 (Support From, or Sharing, Earnings of Prostitute)

G.L. c. 272, §12 (Procuring Person to Practice, or Enter a Place for Prostitution; Employment Office Procuring Person)

G.L. c. 272, § 16 (Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior)

G.L. c. 272, §53 (Indecent Exposure)

G.L. c. 272, §53 (Accosting or Annoying a Person of the Opposite Sex)

G.L. c. 272, §53A (Engaging in Sexual Conduct for a Fee)

G.L. c. 272, §105 (Upskirting)

Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by tptacek on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @05:53PM (#14045988)
Sexual assault is non-violent? These all sound like things that would reasonably disqualify drivers.
Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by 1_2__3 on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:22PM (#14046205)
I disagree completely. Just what do you think the people you interact with every day are like when you don't see them? This is puritanism, nothing else.
Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by InclinedPlane on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @08:46PM (#14047027)
There's a documentary about the reality of prostitution called "Very Young Girls" that I suggest everyone watch. It dispels a lot of the myths around the realities of prostitution in America. By and large it is the manipulation of underage girls who end up victimized by their pimps, their johns, and society in general.
Re:More than 8,000 ride-share drivers flunked Mass. backgrou... by synicalx on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @07:40PM (#14046701)
I'm not sure I'd want to employ someone who's got a history of whipping out their nob and shaking it at people in shopping malls.