Independent drivers, workers and legal readiness

Reviewed 24 October 2026. This is a researched launch checklist and product policy, not a finding that Lebanese motorcycle taxis are authorized or a substitute for a Lebanese lawyer and insurer.

What the official material establishes

Lebanon's Traffic Law 243/2012 distinguishes vehicle/license categories and regulates motorcycles, helmets and passenger equipment. A driver needs the appropriate motorcycle entitlement; a car license is not interchangeable. The public-passenger provisions and motorcycle provisions must be read together by the competent authority. We have not established that an individually registered private motorcycle can lawfully take paid passengers through QUICK. Obtain written confirmation of the permitted operating model and any transport authorization before approval. The official PDF has imperfect OCR: verify the Arabic text and subsequent amendments with counsel. ISF official traffic law.

The ISF's 2026 enforcement announcement identifies driving license, vehicle circulation/registration papers, insurance and applicable annual-fee receipts among documents checked at road stops. This confirms ordinary road-document scrutiny, not commercial passenger authority. Registration, plate identity and expiry need original/issuer checks for the exact motorcycle. ISF 2026 enforcement notice.

The Interior Ministry publishes a decision about motorcycle circulation during restricted hours, with supporting papers concerning the establishment, driver identity, motorcycle license/registration, annual fees, residence and relevant foreign-resident status. It is an old, purpose-specific document, not a general taxi license or a reliable statement of today's local hours. The current geographic/time restrictions, exceptions and renewals need confirmation with MOIM/ISF. Do not substitute this permit for authorization to carry paying passengers, and do not copy its historical stamp fees into the app. MOIM Decision 1775.

The Economy Ministry's Consumer Protection Law 659/2005, as published with amendments, concerns service safety, transparent transactions and consumer rights. Product terms must accurately describe QUICK's actual role and cannot safely promise universal immunity. Counsel must assess mandatory liability, unfair terms, injury/death claims, negligence, dispute handling and remedies. This application deliberately does not state that QUICK is never responsible for accidents. Official consumer law.

OMSAR's digital-transformation strategy identifies Law 81/2018 as the electronic-transactions and personal-data framework. The specific lawful basis, notices, filings/permissions, cross-border processing, sensitive-data handling, retention and data-subject process for QUICK require a Lebanese privacy review. App checkboxes are not a substitute for this assessment. OMSAR strategy.

Evidence QUICK requests from an individual

These ten groups are platform due diligence, with additional statutory requirements to be confirmed for the actual operating model:

1. Government identity document and separate live identity verification when an eligible service is configured.
2. A recent clear face photograph for the assigned rider's recognition; no face recognition is enabled.
3. Motorcycle-specific license, front/back, correct class, restrictions and valid expiry; check class/engine and age eligibility against the actual license and current law.
4. Registration/circulation papers matching the motorcycle, VIN and plate.
5. Current readable photograph of the plate attached to that motorcycle.
6. Current motorcycle photograph showing condition and passenger equipment.
7. Insurance schedule plus insurer's written confirmation of coverage for this paid-passenger activity, named/covered drivers, motorcycle, passengers, limits, exclusions and claims process. A generic compulsory policy is not proof of suitable commercial passenger cover.
8. Written paid-passenger eligibility/authorization from the competent Lebanese authority for this service/operator/vehicle. No assumption that a motorcycle license, red plate, company registry or restricted-hours permit is sufficient.
9. Ownership or authority to use the vehicle, and applicable current fees/circulation evidence.
10. Safety/training declarations and case-specific employment, residence/work, tax, circulation-zone and equipment evidence after professional confirmation.

An individual is not automatically required to produce an incorporated company's commercial registry. Counsel must determine whether this individual must register a trade/business, tax account or other legal status. Obtain criminal-record/medical information only where lawful, necessary and specifically justified; the existence of licensing prerequisites does not justify indiscriminate storage of sensitive records by QUICK.

No AI score proves a license, permit or insurer cover is valid. Match name/class/plate/vehicle/expiry, inspect originals, confirm with the authority/insurer where lawful and retain a restricted review reference. Recheck on expiry or material change. Individual-driver approval is currently locked because the independent live Identity/document/legal workflow is not connected.

Company worker onboarding

Owner adds worker's legal name, Lebanese contact, assigned motorcycle, exact plate, face photo, attached plate photo, motorcycle photo, driving license, registration and expiry to the private company draft. Owner saves first. QUICK creates a cryptographically random, one-use invitation, stores only its SHA-256 hash, expires it after 48 hours and revokes earlier unclaimed invitations for that worker. Owner shares it privately; no automated messages are sent.

Worker signs in to their own account, accepts the current driver agreement, confirms the company relationship and claims the code. The server binds the exact saved worker snapshot and rejects expired, reused, self-claimed or changed invitations. Membership starts pending_review and grants no operation. QUICK must verify the person, current company approval, the exact motorcycle/plate, insurance and eligibility independently. The owner cannot clock a worker in, approve them or receive another company's records. A future clearance must bind the current workspace revision and worker record; a changed plate or vehicle invalidates eligibility.

Company labor, social-security, tax, work-permit, supervision and insurance duties depend on the actual relationship. An independent-contractor label in an app does not settle employment status.

Agreements and accident responsibilities

The application includes version 2026-10-24.1 covering eligibility, truthful accounts, safety and helmet/PIN checks, fares, acceptance-time digital payment, cash after completion, cancellations/refunds, conduct, operator/QUICK responsibilities, commission, worker consent, location/documents, records, disputes and mandatory rights. The canonical text is src/lib/legal.ts; public reading copy is /QUICK-TERMS.html. Acceptance is not pre-ticked. Sign-in is disabled before acknowledgment. Authenticated accounts must save current audience/version acceptance server-side. A role change requires that role's agreement.

Before live launch, a Lebanese lawyer must finalize QUICK's legal entity and address, actual support/privacy/claims contacts and response hours, the operator model, indemnity/insurance arrangements, enforceable liability limits, consumer cancellation/refund rules, jurisdiction and language, fees/tax responsibility and actual retention/deletion/transfer policies. Do not publish invented support details or an absolute accident waiver. Establish incident triage, insurer notification, evidence retention, emergency escalation, complaint appeals and actual insurance before accepting fares.

Uber reference boundary

Uber's published safety material informed face/plate/vehicle matching, pickup PIN, trip progress and accessible safety controls. Its worldwide product varies by market; “every Uber feature” is not a finite universal checklist. This release does not claim emergency dispatch integration, crash detection, audio recording, masked calling, 24/7 monitoring or Uber's insurance/support operations. Uber safety overview, Uber driver PIN help.