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The companies tell us that the riders are “self-employed”, that they are independent contractors and not employees, but the law and the public can see the truth. These riders are subject to performance metrics and operational direction. They are, in every meaningful sense, associated persons of the companies whose named backpacks they wear and whose apps they serve. Yet when a rider kills or seriously injures a pedestrian through dangerous or careless cycling, the company using him bears no responsibility—none whatever. The entire burden falls on the individual rider—always uninsured, often untraceable and often operating under a rented or borrowed account. That is not justice and it should not be allowed to continue.