• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Azevedo Nelson

Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer | Brampton Car Accident Lawyer | Mississauga

  • Home
  • Lawyers
    • Antonio F. Azevedo
    • Rebecca L. Nelson
    • Mary-Lou Dejesus
    • William D. Ribeiro
    • Annie Zhuang
  • Areas of Practice
    • Personal Injury
    • Insurance Litigation
    • Occupiers Liability
    • Disability Benefit & CPP Appeals
    • Business Litigation
    • Construction Lien
    • Family Law
    • Mortgages
  • Injury Types
    • Motor Vehicle Accident
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Anxiety
    • Back Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Broken Bones
    • Chronic Pain
    • PTSD
  • Consultation Offices
  • FAQ
  • Blog
  • Media
  • Contact

March 11, 2016

Insurance stirs up controversy with cabs and UberX

Share:

TwitterFacebookLinkedinEmail

Traditional cab companies in Toronto have to carry a few different types of insurance, including liability insurance and commercial insurance. This is part of the reason that they have to charge what they do, as each ride helps pay for some of that coverage.

However, UberX is a transportation services that, rather than being set up like a standard cab company, uses contract workers as drivers. These workers use their own vehicles. The company does not have the pricy commercial insurance policies that cab companies must carry. They do still have liability coverage in case someone is injured, though, which has a max of $5 million.

Despite this, the coverages are causing a controversy. Cab companies are complaining that UberX is able to undercut their prices because they don’t have to pay for the commercial coverage. This keeps their costs low and their prices lower. Cab companies have more bills to pay, so they have higher rates.

What it means is that the low-priced UberX is able to take rides away from cab companies, and the cab companies don’t really have any way to compete, at least according to them. The passengers, after all, just care about the low prices. They are still covered by liability insurance, and they seem more willing, in many cases, to go with the cheapest option, rather than one that also has commercial insurance.

If you’re injured while riding in an UberX vehicle, be sure you know how the liability laws work, how the insurance works and what legal steps you can take to get compensation for any of your injuries.

Filed Under: Car Accidents

Do people who suffer from fibromyalgia get in more car accidents?

Do people who suffer from fibromyalgia get in more car accidents?

At least 400,000 Canadians are living with fibromyalgia. There is no known cure for the condition which, due to a... Read More
We can help you pursue a claim of negligence

We can help you pursue a claim of negligence

Ontario laws concerning negligence in personal injury cases consider that people have a "duty of care" to make sure that... Read More
Keep children safe in their car seats this winter

Keep children safe in their car seats this winter

While it is of course important to take steps to keep all occupants of vehicles safe in case a crash... Read More

Reader Interactions

Personal injury lawyers with over 20 years experience proudly serving Toronto, the GTA and all of Ontario.

“We will not back down!”

Consultation offices are located in West Etobicoke, Kitchener, Brampton, Burlington, Oakville and Hamilton to serve you better.

Footer

Contact Us

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Copyright © 2021 · Azevedo & Nelson Personal Injury Lawyers | Sitemap | Blog