Users who initiate a Group Ride assume full legal and financial responsibility for all guest activity, damages, and fees, and are required to ensure all guests are of legal age, with guests bound as third-party beneficiaries to the full User Agreement including the arbitration provision.
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This provision creates a comprehensive liability transfer to the Group Ride account holder for all guest-caused damages and injuries, and extends the arbitration provision and class action waiver to guests as intended third-party beneficiaries, without those guests having directly agreed to the terms.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the arbitration provision as applied to non-signatory guests through third-party beneficiary theory varies by jurisdiction and is subject to ongoing judicial development.
The agreement makes Group Ride account holders legally responsible for all guest activity, damages, fees, and injuries as if they were the account holder's own. Guests are bound by the User Agreement including the arbitration provision as intended third-party beneficiaries, even without creating their own account.
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Compare across platforms →"You are fully responsible for (1) ensuring that all of your guests are at least 18 years old (or other legal age of majority), (2) any damages and injuries that occur during the Group Ride that are caused by you or your guests, (3) only allowing one guest per vehicle, (4) paying for all of the fees that occur in connection with your Group Ride, and (5) you are legally responsible for all of your guests' activity as if it was your own. Your guests who access Services are express and intended third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and shall be bound by these Terms, including the Arbitration provision set forth in Section 3 (Mutual Arbitration Provision).Excerpt from Lime's Terms of Service
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This provision creates a comprehensive liability transfer to the Group Ride account holder for all guest-caused damages and injuries, and extends the arbitration provision and class action waiver to guests as intended third-party beneficiaries, without those guests having directly agreed to the terms.
The agreement makes Group Ride account holders legally responsible for all guest activity, damages, fees, and injuries as if they were the account holder's own. Guests are bound by the User Agreement including the arbitration provision as intended third-party beneficiaries, even without creating their own account.
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