Spain is trying to get rid of Uber: drivers will face fines up to €18K

Post by luisivan » Wed, Oct 08, 2014, 8:46 AM UTC

ergl wrote: post #36

luisivan wrote: post #19

I live in Madrid and I'm totally ashamed about this. I used Uber a couple times, the second one this friday, and I friend and I asked the driver what will he do about the fines that will start happening this monday. He just said that he will probably stop driving. I love these new kind of services and this is not the way to boost innovation. Our politicians are fucking morons.

Do you live in the same Madrid as me? I can't figure out what kind of 'innovation' Uber is bringing to the table. There are plenty of taxis and free services for you to book one, I have never waited more than 10 minutes to get one, and most drivers are respectful and will turn the radio off or leave you alone if you say so. You can even ask them to take a particular route and they won't have any problem in doing so