So this morning, I was going through my normal routine of reading a gazillion blogs when I stumbled upon this post at TechCrunch.
I really liked the idea behind this startup. We needed this sort of service to save on gas and environment. But here is how Ontario Law is asking you to save the environment:
The only way you can ride with someone is if you meet ALL of the following extremely impractical set of specific criteria:
- You must travel from home to work only – (Not Home to School, or Home to the Hospital or the Airport)
- You cannot cross municipal boundaries – (Live outside the city and drive in – sorry you cannot share the ride with your neighbour)
- You must ride with the same driver each day – (Want to mix it up go with one person one day and another person another day – no sorry cannot do that – must be same person each day)
You must pay the driver no more frequently than weekly – (Neighbour drives you to work better not pay her right away just in case she drives you later on in the week)
Politics eh? You gotta love how the bus companies are able to lobby law makers into passing such a crappy law.