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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Declares Uber a Transport Service

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a period of consideration, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that Uber is a transport service, just like any other taxi company. There is lot to say about Uber's use of untrained, non-professional drivers and other abusive practices.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 21 2017, @01:59AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 21 2017, @01:59AM (#612675) Journal

    Not very much of an advantage in Europe, believe me. You'd be hardly pressed to find "middle of nowhere" places there.

    Most auto transportation in the US is not to and from middle of nowhere. Not every pair of places in Europe have mass transit routes running directly between arbitrary locations. The problem is that it's easy for a massive number of cars to overload a road. When that doesn't happen, cars work fine.