[pavlakoos]

That's a new thing to me. I was driving in Germany several times with passengers and I didn't know my current driving license isn't good for it.

I even rented a car at the airport and Hertz clerk haven't mentioned anything, despite seeing me approaching with friends. They only asked if there are drivers, not passengers.

So how does it work?

[kuschku]

If you transport people commercially – be it as driver for hire, Uber driver, taxi driver, etc, you’ll need a Führerschein Klasse P: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerschein_zur_Fahrgast...

This allows up to 8 passengers. If you want more, you need a license for bus drivers, Führerschein Klasse D.

If the passengers pay you less than, or equal to the costs that you had during driving, you do not require any of this, and it is considered noncommercial (for example, when carpooling and passengers pay for gas)

[Doctor_Fegg]

> a single _paying_ passenger

Not passengers in general.

Your Hertz terms will clearly say that you're not allowed to use the car to carry paying passengers.

[pavlakoos]

My bad. I missed that "paying" word.

[jacquesm]

paying passengers.