For what it's worth, the purpose of the regulations is clearly to give the established taxi services an advantage. Fares clearly prefer Uber over the "competing

For what it's worth, the purpose of the regulations is clearly to give the established taxi services an advantage. Fares clearly prefer Uber over the "competing" car services. Both drivers and fares are willing to take the relatively small risks involved (most of which are not specific to Uber anyway) and pay significantly less for a service.