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> Insurance is compulsory just to drive a car There's a difference between the regular insurance you have to have for driving a car in most countries and the i
by dewey 4y ago
> Insurance is compulsory just to drive a car
There's a difference between the regular insurance you have to have for driving a car in most countries and the insurance for transporting people for profit.
> passenger safety is resolved with the right checks. Both of which a trivial licensing issues.
As it turns out this was not as "trival" as all the startups in this space thought when they bypassed regulation at the beginning.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoOf course there is a difference, but it's trivial and irrelevant. Likewise for safety. If a company/driver operates without a license then it is an issue for the enforcement authority, Uber or no Uber. Again, ultimately the industry needed a kick in the butt and Uber provided it.