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35 hrs is less than half of a class during a semester. The MSF can give you 10 hours of motorcycle training in a single weekend.

By comparison, to become a licensed barber (or electrician, etc) typically requires thousands of hours as an apprentice.

Hardly seems like a huge burden by comparison.

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It certainly isn't if you're planning to make it your career, but Uber markets driving for them as flexible and easy with little/no up-front costs.

Clearly this would affect ride-sharing companies more than taxi companies, and it's likely no coincidence.

Given that, right now, taxi companies do have to do this, and Uber doesn't, I would say no, this is going to affect Uber the same. As it should.

Yep. And a policy that limited maximum driver hours to 20 per week would "apply equally to taxis and Uber," but would clearly hit taxis a lot harder than Uber.

This is protectionism under the guise of "fairness." Nothing more.

I completely disagree. There is nothing unfair about this move. It affects both parties equally.

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