[Someone]

"they found in some of the cities they operate in, that the service operator rather than the driver is supposed to explicitly give money towards insurance and safety check of all vehicles they manage. They solved the potential future issue by adding a small charge that's explicitly labeled "for insurance, safety checks, etc.""

Huh? Law says you need to spend money in _some_ cities, and you solve that by getting more money from _all_ your customers?

I would think you solve that issue by spending money, and ensuring they have the paperwork that proves that they did spend money on safety checks and insurance.

[viraptor]

There's compliance - "if you sue us we will spend time countering your claims showing all the documentation" and there's this action - "hey everyone, see how we comply with pretty much everything in these and similar rules? don't even bother questioning it"