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Uber is upping its minimum driving age in California.
According to a report from the Associated Press, Uber is increasing its minimum driver age in California from 19 to 25 years old — a move it blames on rising insurance costs in the state:
Personal injury attorneys have created a cottage industry specializing in suing rideshare platforms like ours, pushing Uber’s California state-mandated commercial insurance costs to rise by more than 65% in just two years.
Californians under the age of 25 who signed up to the platform before Wednesday will get to keep driving for Uber.
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