• doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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    10 months ago

    You see Uber and Lyft aren’t technically legal taxi services in many places because they don’t employ any drivers or own any vehicles. They have “Contracted Individuals.”

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      10 months ago

      They also use private cars for hire service which in may places means that the insurance is invalid (i.e. they are facilitating uninsured drivers)

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      10 months ago

      Wow, that’s new for me, thanks.