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While this is unfair of Uber, this is a pretty insane situation. They impound your car for weeks for providing a service consensually? I think that's the real i

While this is unfair of Uber, this is a pretty insane situation. They impound your car for weeks for providing a service consensually? I think that's the real issue here.

crpatino 9y ago
Yes, most governments worldwide suck like that. My point is that when SV executives talk about "disruption", they are not really aware of the very real ocupational risks of running in the face of law enforcement agencies. They put their employees and/or associates in harm's way on behalf of the company. In this particular case, Uber pays for the fine... it only see the monetary tradeoff between paying vs loosing market share. But the externalized cost is never considered, and drivers suffer for it. If Uber asked its drivers to walk into a cage of hungry lions, it would be stupid to say that the lions are the real issue. In some sense they are, but lion nature is not going to change just because Uber wishes to line its metaphorical pockets... company policy changes faster than overall society.