336 see generally the driver my uber passengers hates

336 . See generally The Driver, My Uber Passengers Hates Uber Navigation ,
R
IDESHARE
D
ASHBOARD
(Oct. 6, 2014),
/10/06/uber-passengers-hates-uber-navigation/ (discussing that passengers
usually have a way they prefer the driver to take). See, e.g. , Tamny, supra
note 327.

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riders.
337
While taxi regulations were conceived to compensate
for specific market failures in the context of the commercial
relationship between a professional taxi-driver and a consumer,
the fact that Uber brings a non -professional taxi-driver and a
consumer together for a ride should not exempt the company
from regulation.
338
The risks to safety of the rider are not
nonexistent.
339
However, old rules designed for the taxi
industry do not fit Uber and its peers. Instead, modern
regulations are required.
340
We come to the point where we start understanding that
we need regulations that allow sharing and caring.
341
Can you
share and innovate by the book? You can, but first someone has
to write the book. In October 2014, the District of Columbia
Council enacted a bill entitled “ Vehicle for the Innovation
Amendment Act of 2014, ” designed to regulate Lyft, Uber,
Sidecar, and UberX-type services in the District.
342
Under this
bill, Uber drivers should, among other requirements, be at least
twenty-one-years-old, have no criminal record, have adequate
insurance, and have their vehicles inspected on a yearly basis.
This D.C. Bill might be the first page of this book.
337. Jeff Bercovici, Uber ’ s Ratings Terrorize Drivers And Trick Riders. Why
Not Fix Them? , F
ORBES
(Aug. 14, 2014, 12:31 PM),
/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/08/14/what-are-we-actually-rating-when-we-rate-other
-people/.
338 . See Emily Badger, Why We Can ’ t Figure Out How To Regulate Airbnb ,
W
ASH
. P
OST
(Apr. 23, 2014),
/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/23/why-we-cant-figure-out-how-to-regulate-airbnb/
(arguing that despite the status of Uber and Lyft drivers as “ quasi-
professionals ” rather than “ strictly commercial enterprises in the traditional
sense of a hotel or a taxi or a company, ” regulation is required at some level to
protect public safety); see also Shapiro, supra note 271.
339 . See supra Part IV.B (discussing risks of the sharing economy as a
whole, and in particular, for Uber and Lyft passengers).
340 . See id. (discussing that modern regulation needs to evolve with the
sharing economy); Henn, supra note 1 (suggesting that governments will need
to adapt to these new sharing economy practices, which do not fit traditional
regulatory frameworks); see also infra Part V.A (discussing difficulties and
inconsistencies that result from applying traditional regulation to newer
sharing economy practices like Uber or Lyft).
341 . Cf. Part IV.B .
342. Lori Aratani, D.C. Council Okays Bill to Legalize Lyft, Sidecar, UberX-
type Services in the District , W
ASH
. P
OST
(Oct. 28, 2014),
ays-bill-to-legalize-lyft-sidecar-uberx-type-services-in-the-district/.

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The sharing economy offers a number of advantages: lower
prices,
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stronger communities,
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