Uber and Lyft drivers in California are up in arms about the effects of Proposition 22 since the controversial state law went into effect in January, after an aggressive and expensive lobbying campaign in favor of the ballot amendment. Among the most recent changes, drivers say, is a reduction in mileage rates from Los Angeles international airport, an important source of income and rides for many drivers. Alvaro Bolainez, a driver for Uber and.
Lyft driver Drew Wajnert is unable to walk after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while on the job. But Lyft dropped an insurance policy during the pandemic
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Lyft driver Drew Wajnert is unable to walk after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while on the job.
But Lyft dropped an insurance policy during the pandemic that may have covered his medical bills.
One expert told Insider Lyft s insurance, even with that policy when it was in effect, falls far short of what traditional employers must provide.
Shortly before 9 p.m. on March 2, in Lakewood, Colorado, Drew Wajnert was rear-ended by a suspected drunk driver who was allegedly going 85 mph, sending his car slamming into the median and fracturing his spine. When he came up to me and asked me how I was, Wajnert told Insider, What he may have not seen was, not only did he rear-end me at 85 miles an hour, but I spun into the concrete divider at 50 miles an hour, and then spun to the shoulder to a dead stop.