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by bsder 4473 days ago
> 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.