Uber Suspends Drivers for Properly Registering Cars

> “Requiring Lyft drivers, including those who drive just a few hours a week, to get commercial plates would essentially treat peer-to-peer transportation the same as a taxi,” said Lyft spokesperson Chelsea Wilson, noting that it would undermine efforts to allow ride-hailing by other state agencies.

If someone is paid to provide you a service then they are not a peer, at least not in the context of that service.

Peer to peer would be car pooling.

George Orwell was worried about government corrupting language, but money and arrogance make corruption open to everyone.

I would think the personal/commercial legal position will be, umm, clarified when insurance companies start denying personal insurance claims because the operators were "operating in a commercial activity". As I see it, never give insurance companies a chance to deny you coverage as they will if it's in their economic interest to do so.