Uber and Lyft Are Set to Win Legal Immunity for Crashes

https://jacobin.com/2026/06/congress-uber-lyft-immunity-crashes

Rideshare apps Uber and Lyft are battling thousands of injury and sexual assault lawsuits. A must-pass transportation bill in Congress includes an industry-friendly carveout that would give the companies legal immunity from car crashes and injuries.

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Switorik@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 53d (3 replies)

You enable this by continuing to use them as your employer or as a passenger. I wish people had even a bit of restraint.

ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 53d (2 replies)

This should be handled politically. Not through individual choice, that pretty much never works.

br3d@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 53d

Yes, but... Why would a politician bother to act when it appears to them that the public are all cool with the situation?

Switorik@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 52d

True, but it's obvious our political system is profit driven. If people had restraint, this wouldn't be a problem to begin with.