I think it also varies from city to city. I get the feeling from Hacker News that in bigger cities there are far, far more people doing Uber full-time-ish than

I think it also varies from city to city. I get the feeling from Hacker News that in bigger cities there are far, far more people doing Uber full-time-ish than in smaller, population-1-million cities. For those doing it 40 hours a week as their livelihood, I can understand the call for more regulation, etc. However, by far most of the folks I know doing Uber or Lyft are a lot closer to a contractor in definition. * They use their own car they've already had before Uber (I.e., they didn't buy it just for Uber as some Uber forum posts talk about) * They do it part time * Most are doing it for "something new," when I ask them about it. For example I knew one driver who in her fifties just tried it to be out of the house more.