Don’t Blame Car-Sharing Site Turo for Vehicle Attacks
Our hearts go out to the victims of Wednesday’s horrific vehicle attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas. In the days since, people have understandably been grasping to find ways the violence could have been prevented.
One detail that’s gotten significant attention over the past 24 hours is that both vehicles used in the attacks were rented through Turo, an IAC-backed car-sharing service that filed to go public in 2022 but has not yet moved forward. CNN, for example, said the attacks “could be a major black eye for Turo,” while The Wall Street Journal wrote that the company could be forced to “confront longstanding criticism of its safety practices.”
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