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> Well,the truth is,it's up to the driver to get insured properly. Which is a huge problem,since the proper insurance cost a lot of money.Most drivers using Ube

> Well,the truth is,it's up to the driver to get insured properly. Which is a huge problem,since the proper insurance cost a lot of money.Most drivers using UberPop would just be violating the law here. Would this argument really fly in court if someone got hurt and sued UberPop? "yeah, well we expected the drivers would be insured, and we knew many of them didn't, and we never checked..." It sounds to me that it would be possible that the court would decide that uberPop would be legally responsible for the damages anyway. IANAL but European laws tends to put a lot of implied responsibilities on companies - compare warranties, health or environmental laws. Doesn't matter what the contract says, companies are responsible anyway.

aikah 12y ago
> It sounds to me that it would be possible that the court would decide that uberPop would be legally responsible for the damages anyway. That's an interesting perspective,but it would then imply some kind of boss/employee relationship between Uber and the drivers. Well,the french court could decide that Uber drivers are not contractors but employees ,too, we've seen that again and again in France. I do not wish for anybody to get hurt during a trip,of course,but it would be a very interesting case.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  Uber drivers are essentially employees, the whole contractor thing is a farce.