Canadian ingenuity has been celebrated for the longest time, and current day seems no different. Kudos were in order for PickupPal, a website designed to arrange carpooling between people worldwide, but launched in the Toronto area. It works quite simply – you need a ride home to Toronto from school in Ottawa for Christmas? Post that on the site indicating a willingness to pay, say, $30. I’m a resident of Ottawa planning to head home alone to see family and figure, heck, maybe I can make some coin and a new friend, check the site, see your posting, and take you up on it. In an increasingly green-obsessed country it seems like a great idea!
Until bus company Trentway-Wagner dropped a lawsuit on them for violating Ontario’s carpooling laws – and won. Yes, it’s true, PickupPal is in violation of the following honest and true laws here in Ontario:

• You must travel from home to work only – nowhere else!
  
• You cannot cross municipal boundaries
  
• You must ride with the same driver each day
  
• You must pay the driver no more frequently than weekly

Ignoring the fact these archaic laws apparently don’t allow you to return home from work, the Ontario courts indicated PickupPal