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Ah, ok. Some of those regulations sound quite absurd to me, but I'm not familiar enough with the situation to comment.
by jmckib 12y ago
Ah, ok. Some of those regulations sound quite absurd to me, but I'm not familiar enough with the situation to comment.
- tormeh 12y agoWell, let's say you're crippled for life in a taxi accident. The intention is that the insurance payout should compensate you for the lost economic utility of your limbs for the rest of your life. Suddenly 7.5M EUR is not that much.
- gutnor 12y agoThe taxi market is very different in Europe than in the US and different in every country. Uber faces a different set of challenges in different countries. Taxi service is not universally crap around the world and Uber is not answering the need of the people as strongly everywhere. For example in the UK, GPS tracking, booking of your taxi online, pre-pay, ... was already available before Uber. 10 years ago the black cabs were in the street for the same reason GP describe but against mini-cab and private hire companies (and older tech). A regulation was created from that requiring them a commercial insurance and twice a year inspection of the vehicle.