spouse of scouse

Sorry to hear about your son's accident - it's horrible when something happens to our kids (including our adult kids!). I'm glad he escaped without serious injury.

DandNHill

Thank you. He's resilient that one... He was more upset about the damage to his bike. He'll be back on the roads today I'm sure. Nothing like that seems to phase him... He will be making a claim for damages to his bike. Hopefully he gets more than enough to fix his bike but who knows. I guess he will also have to go to court as a witness to the drivers stupidity...

Gozit

That's terrible, sorry to hear that... I don't plan on hitting anyone

DandNHill

Hopefully this particular driver had no intention of hitting anyone...

Gozit

As an update to this thread - I turned 21, called my insurance and am able to do UberX/Lyft with no change to my premium, and covered by Uber/Lyft commercial insurance while using the app. Completing the signup process as its free and will see what happens

scrubbedexpat091

May as well see what it's like, can't hurt to try.

We just got Uber a week or so ago, still not many cars on the road though, but then it requires extra licensing and insurance here so no real surprise, can't just sign up and start working quickly. If our car was younger, I would more seriously consider getting the licence and trying it, but doesn't seem worth it as our car will be too old in about a year so would be pretty short term thing.

scilly

A city councillor from Maple Ridge said it cost her about $500 to comply with the regulations, including the Class 4 license, a medical exam and a safety check of the car. She also said that getting the license included studying an almost 300 page book which was more applicable to larger vehicles.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...rived-in-metro

scrubbedexpat091

Yes they didn't make it easy to be a ride hailing driving here. If we had a brand new car, I would consider it more seriously, but our car will age out within the next year and some change so not worth it nor do I even know if a Mazda 2 would even be approved, its 5 seater but not exactly roomy...ha ha

Gozit

My car is a Ford Focus, so similar size, and the racing bucket seats in the front aren't the most comfy for everyone, but it qualifies it is younger though.

Ontario doesn't have any regulations like what you're describing in BC. The only cost to me is ~$60 for a Safety Standards Certificate from a mechanic.

Too bad the barrier to entry is higher in BC, it would probably be a great way for you to make some extra money.

scrubbedexpat091

The taxi lobby is strong in BC, it's why it took so long and why the barriers are there, the government has to try and keep peace with the taxi lobby, who is fighting for an injunction in court and one city Surrey is setting up drivers to fine them for not operating with proper business licence, but is refusing to issue said business licence. Other city's like Vancouver issued the business licences quickly. But Surrey has a large population of taxi drivers living there.

The barriers pretty much remove Uber as being a casual extra income type job to a one where only those dedicated to making it a full-time gig are going to do it, pretty much removes the casual p/t driver doing it for extra cash.