In the coming weeks, we will be doing a biography about each of our drivers. It is important to us that you know and trust your pedicab driver.
The criteria to become a driver are stringent!
Drivers must be over 21 years old, have a valid US driver's license, must pass a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (like the FBI only state) background check, must pass a Department of Transportation physical, must have a clean drug and alcohol screening, and must be approved by the City of Chattanooga's Transportation Board. In addition to those legal requirements, we train drivers on the road for a minimum of 8 hours before allowing them to drive without supervision (unless of course, they have extensive pedicabbing experience from another city). We also have a driver's manual, originally developed by Johnny Brown, grandfather of Chattanooga pedicabbing, that drivers are required to read and sign off on after their initial training period.
We are having a lot of fun, but we also take pedicabbing very seriously when it comes to safety.
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