{"id":118,"date":"2015-02-15T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2015\/02\/15\/distracted-uber-lyft-drivers-lead-to-new-lawsuits-4-new-legislative-issues\/"},"modified":"2015-02-15T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T23:41:00","slug":"distracted-uber-lyft-drivers-lead-to-new-lawsuits-4-new-legislative-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/distracted-uber-lyft-drivers-lead-to-new-lawsuits-4-new-legislative-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Distracted Uber\/Lyft Drivers Lead to New Lawsuits &#038; 4 New Legislative Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uber &amp; Lyft are extremely convenient for passengers. Their ease stems from their apps which quickly bring transportation to you. As a result, Uber\/Lyft\u00a0drivers are glued to their\u00a0apps awaiting new fares. This focus on the next fare is\u00a0leading\u00a0to distracted driving, new laws and law suits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December 2014, a lawsuit was filed against a Lyft driver when the driver&#8217;s Lyft app was open when an accident occurred. In the same month, an Uber driver allegedly hit and killed a 6 year old in a San Francisco crosswalk. \u00a0These incidents\u00a0raise\u00a0the following policy and legal issues that are being addressed across the country:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are Uber\/Lyft drivers employees?<\/li>\n<li>Are Uber\/Lyft drivers independent contractors?<\/li>\n<li>What liability does Uber\/Lyft have when a driver cause an accident?<\/li>\n<li>How do no texting laws and regulations apply to app use by Uber\/Lyft drivers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorklawjournal.com\/id=1202717651807\/Uber-Cant-Wait-New-Liability-for-Distracted-Drivers?back=CA&amp;kw=%20Uber%20Can%27t%20Wait%3A%20New%20Liability%20for%20Distracted%20Drivers%20&amp;et=editorial&amp;bu=The%20Recorder&amp;cn=20150213&amp;src=EMC-Email&amp;pt=News%20Alert&amp;slreturn=20150115183857&amp;LikelyCookieIssue=true\">New York Law Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber &amp; Lyft are extremely convenient for passengers. Their ease stems from their apps which quickly bring transportation to you. As a result, Uber\/Lyft\u00a0drivers are glued to their\u00a0apps awaiting new fares. This focus on the next fare is\u00a0leading\u00a0to distracted driving, new laws and law suits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December 2014, a lawsuit was filed against a Lyft driver when the driver&#8217;s Lyft app was open when an accident occurred. In the same month, an Uber driver allegedly hit and killed a 6 year &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-trend","category-legislative-trend","category-ride-share","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}