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A court has loosened French transportation regulations by overturning a ban on a key feature used by the Uber ridesharing app:
Car-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. won a loosening of France's strict transport rules Wednesday when a court overturned a decree banning car services from showing the locations of available vehicles, a well-known feature of Uber's app.
France's Conseil d'Etat, the country's highest administrative court, struck down the part of a government decree that banned the showing of locations of available cars. The court said providing the locations represents an "information society service." Under European Union law, countries must notify the EU before regulating such services.
Two Uber managers were arrested in Paris back in June.
Previously: French Taxi Drivers Vandalize France to Protest Uber
Uber Leaves France
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Thursday March 10 2016, @04:44PM
Meanwhile here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, our elected idiots are trying to ban Uber from airport pickups, add unnecessary license requirements, and ban surge pricing during weather emergencies. [bostonherald.com] I don't know who is demanding these changes other than the government monopoly - taxi medallion owners.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday March 10 2016, @05:13PM
Are you complaining that the government-backed monopoly is asking for laws to reject unregulated competition?
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Thursday March 10 2016, @05:38PM
It is only natural that they would want to protect their interests. My concern is that instead of loosening the regulations and creating an open market, our elected idiots are trying to add more regulations. We're not heading in the right direction.
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