Maryland avoided a showdown with ride-sharing app Uber after the state’s Public Service Commission approved an alternative background check process.
Previously, San Francisco-based Uber had threatened to cease operations in Maryland if the state mandated that ride-sharing drivers had to go through a fingerprinting background check.
Uber and fellow ride-sharing app Lyft argued that their already existing background checks were more extensive. The Public Service Commission voted Thursday to implement a new set of security standards for both companies.