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Ride sharing services such as Uber or Lyft will face greater insurance requirements under legislation given tentative approval by the state Senate today. The legislation requires the same insurance that taxi cabs are required to have but only when the car and driver are actively working. It also makes it a misdemeanor for the driver to ferry people without insurance when he is off the clock. Senator David Simmons calls it must pass legislation,

“This is totally uncharted territory and what we;’re doing is writing the script right now. Ands what we are trying to do is make something that is fair an d reasonable and assures that the people of the state of Florida are protected, because right not, they’re not” says Simmons.”

Under current law, passengers in so called Transportation Networks like Uber are covered if they are hurt, but not drivers of other cars or pedestrians that might be hurt by the ride sharing drivers.