How are these volunteer drivers explaining this to their insurance companies, since taxi or livery use is excluded under a personal auto policy? Won’t the c**p hit the fan the first time a passenger or other person is injured or killed and the driver’s insurance company denies coverage?
Cool company concept and I wish these companies the best and that they stop getting harrassed by regulators. Now-a-days it is all about money and lobbying for more barriers to competition through rediculous regulations which is not what capitalism is about, so I say keep going unlisenced! However I do not understand how their insurance could be covering this and I hope they have that figured out or it could get ugly fast.
To the author – The headline is confusing to refer to Lyft and Sidecar as “carsharing”, which in North America refers to hourly vehicle rental services like Zipcar or Relayrides. Your article is about companies in the carpooling or ridesharing space – specificially the peer to peer ridesharing space. If you can changed the reference it would avoid a lot of confusion.
This won’t look like such a great idea once someone is raped or killed by a car sharer or rider. And it is only a matter of time before perv’s figure out the system. Hitchhiking is dangerous no matter what format you use your thumb or the app.
How are these volunteer drivers explaining this to their insurance companies, since taxi or livery use is excluded under a personal auto policy? Won’t the c**p hit the fan the first time a passenger or other person is injured or killed and the driver’s insurance company denies coverage?
Cool company concept and I wish these companies the best and that they stop getting harrassed by regulators. Now-a-days it is all about money and lobbying for more barriers to competition through rediculous regulations which is not what capitalism is about, so I say keep going unlisenced! However I do not understand how their insurance could be covering this and I hope they have that figured out or it could get ugly fast.
To the author – The headline is confusing to refer to Lyft and Sidecar as “carsharing”, which in North America refers to hourly vehicle rental services like Zipcar or Relayrides. Your article is about companies in the carpooling or ridesharing space – specificially the peer to peer ridesharing space. If you can changed the reference it would avoid a lot of confusion.
This won’t look like such a great idea once someone is raped or killed by a car sharer or rider. And it is only a matter of time before perv’s figure out the system. Hitchhiking is dangerous no matter what format you use your thumb or the app.