Making News

Enforce safety rules on ride-share companies
May 14, 2015

Hillsborough County is right to make ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft comply with reasonable safety regulations. For all the overblown talk about how these companies are innovators, they provide the same service as traditional taxis. The vehicles must be safe and insured and the drivers must pass a background check. In all, the same rules should apply, although Hillsborough’s decision Wednesday to host another round of talks means that this has likely become a matter for the courts to decide.