[zobzu]

i lived in germany for several years - and taxi drivers werent even nearly as good or making me feel nearly as safe as uber drivers.

its like 30% of the taxi drivers are pure assholes in berlin/hamburg. (heck its not so different in other big international cities).

I had hundred of uber drives and not a single bad or even sub-optimal ride.

Thus I very strongly disagree with your statement.

On a side note, taxi stuff works like a mafia - a "legal" version of it. The regulations enforces that - not the safety of anybody.

[zeeed]

Yup, agreed, yet customer satisfaction doesn't cover for you in case of an accident. And since cab companies comply with the regulations what Uber is trying is to create an unfair competition by ignoring them.

So the way to do it is to follow regulations first and then find a way to 'disrupt'. Yes, that might slow down the growth. Thats probably why they chose to ignore it and that's why now the state is hitting them back.

Actually this is business as usual. Uber will continue to fight the decision, a compromise will be found and the prices will go down, which is good for the customer.