In a recent ruling against PickupPal.ca, an Ottawa-based website that helps people put together carpools, the board stated "the term carpool vehicles was introduced in the late 1970s to allow working people to share rides to and from work." Using carpools for other purposes is illegal, according to the decision. Another implication to this ruling is that you can't carpool to church on Sunday, for example, or as the article uses as an example, teammates can't carpool to hockey practice. The problem is that the courts have taken a definition and decided that it's a complete, maximum definition. It's exclusive. Their ruling says that there can be no other activities that can be described as carpooling. Realistically, that definition should be a minimum. Carpooling can be working people sharing rides to and from work. For those of you with a C4C weekly meeting, you had better not have shared a ride home from school. Ridiculous.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Would that really have any implications though? So we aren't suppose to use the term to describe the ChengVan's sunday school pick ups. But what if we do? Or does it relate to car pool lanes?
Yeah, Auntie Helen picking you up on Sunday morning is equivalent to speeding or running a red light.
There's no way it will be enforced. If you read the article, the ruling relates to companies helping people carpool to non-workplace events (e.g., a website).
No, *paying* for carpooling is illegal since when you are offering your services for a payment, you are required by law to have appropriate safety qualifications and insurance. Giving rides to your friends is perfectly alright.
Do some more research Pete.
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