Law strictly limits carpooling in Canada
source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/12/ill-never-let-canada-live-this-down/
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Carpool startup PickupPal in Canada was fined $11,000 after it broke some pretty insane laws on what constitutes legal carpooling. Apparently bus companies complained after the site was launched and sued under an Ontario law. Ridesharing in Ontario is apparently illegal unless the following (impractical) set of criteria is met:
* You must travel from home to work only – (Not Home to School, or Home to the Hospital or the Airport)
* You cannot cross municipal boundaries – (Live outside the city and drive in – sorry you cannot share the ride with your neighbour)
* You must ride with the same driver each day – (Want to mix it up go with one person one day and another person another day – no sorry cannot do that – must be same person each day)
* You must pay the driver no more frequently than weekly – (Neighbour drives you to work better not pay her right away just in case she drives you later on in the week)
WTF, Canada?
* You must travel from home to work only – (Not Home to School, or Home to the Hospital or the Airport)
* You cannot cross municipal boundaries – (Live outside the city and drive in – sorry you cannot share the ride with your neighbour)
* You must ride with the same driver each day – (Want to mix it up go with one person one day and another person another day – no sorry cannot do that – must be same person each day)
* You must pay the driver no more frequently than weekly – (Neighbour drives you to work better not pay her right away just in case she drives you later on in the week)
WTF, Canada?
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Brian_Brooks
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How does this help the bus company? Its really silly to think that people will now start using the bus as primary transportation.
- 3 years ago
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Brian_Brooks
