. The city is currently looking for companies to provide training for ride-hailing drivers, but has left undefined the form this instruction will take.
The suit, the allegations of which have not been tested in court, seeks $3.5-million in damages for Ms. Hawkes. It seeks another $3.5-million for Mr. Cameron’s girlfriend, Monika Traikov, who was also injured in the crash. The city’s current vehicle-for-hire bylaw, which took effect at the start of the year, was passed last summer. In a reversal from three years earlier, when they had last tried to regulate ride-hailing, council decided to make driving training mandatory and directed staff to “give consideration” to instruction programs that included an in-car and/or in-class component.
Another young man sacrificed by Uber's incompetence and responsibility in choosing drivers and many other things. Most newcomers have no driving experience or even licences till they get here. Flipping burgers is not the same as driving people redound this insane city. Sue them