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Re:The New Innovation Battlegrounds Are City Hall And The St... by johnrob on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @03:31AM (#6171362)
Lyft and Sidecar do a good job of vetting drivers. This helps prevent passengers from dying while using the service. The high quality of vetting is shielding you from seeing the real issue: what if they didn't vet drivers? Wouldn't that be a public hazard? A few examples of good behavior does not disprove the need for laws that prevent bad behavior.
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Re:The New Innovation Battlegrounds Are City Hall And The St... by temphn on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @05:26AM (#6171710)
If they didn't vet, people wouldn't use the service.

And the government demonstrably does not do a better job of vetting than private individuals. Some examples: has lower quality employees, it makes it impossible to "discriminate" on many different dimensions, and it certainly does not have a Canada-styled skilled immigration policy.

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