[hrkristian]

>they demand that drivers have things like a commercial drivers license

Not really relevant, you're essentially saying normal carpooling should require a commercial licence on the driver's part.

I agree on your sentiments, there are regulations for a reason. However, these apps are simply put P2P with a third party responsible for platform legitimacy; not the legitimacy of the clients (other than by extension.)

I haven't personally used Uber, mostly because I doubt it's got much traction in Norway anyway, but if the ranking system is as effective as, say, ThePirateBay's VIP/Trusted system then what we're having is fear-mongering and not an actual problem.

As for liability, whatever happened to accepting "at your own risk"? I suppose it's a problem of perspective for me, being guaranteed not to pay more than an equivalent of $700 a year no matter how badly my body is mangled.

[bsder]

> Not really relevant, you're essentially saying normal carpooling should require a commercial licence on the driver's part.

Carpooling is a touch different in that the drivers know one another. It's also not really run as a business (usually).

> As for liability, whatever happened to accepting "at your own risk"?

It's actually less the liability of client than damage to other cars/property. Because the drivers are putting in way more miles than their personal policies would indicate, their risk category is very different from the insurance that they are buying.

The biggest issue is that, unlike Tesla, Airbnb and Uber have significant negative externalities that they are foisting off onto other people by ignoring the laws that are in place.