Uber Legal Violations

The cluster centers on debates about Uber breaking or skirting taxi laws and regulations in various cities, its business model of disruption through non-compliance, and whether it should follow the same rules as traditional taxi services.

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dymk Aug 30, 2019 View on HN

What laws and regulations is Uber breaking?

stevenalowe Jul 14, 2022 View on HN

The problem isn't Uber, it's the laws.

emergentcypher Dec 9, 2014 View on HN

What's going on is Uber decided that because it doesn't like laws regulating taxis, it should be allowed to just ignore them.

lmm Mar 8, 2017 View on HN

Legitimate in what sense? Uber has been extensively breaking the law for pretty much its entire existence, no?

halfjoking Jan 17, 2020 View on HN

That is Uber's secret sauce - they defeat regulation better than anyone

spriggan3 Aug 21, 2016 View on HN

or better3) uber is a taxi company and should follow the same laws and regulations as other taxi companies. Which would of course destroy uber's business model which is based on dodging the law, sorry, "disruption".

xbmcuser Jul 13, 2015 View on HN

Uber should have to follow the same laws that other taxi companies have to. I don't agree with the monopoly systems that are in place for taxis in most cities those should be removed. But at the same time many of these laws are so that taxis are available not just in the peak period but other times as well. So laws that force taxi companies to have part of the fleet available at all times should be also be enforced on uber and other such companies as well.

jquery Jul 20, 2019 View on HN

What is Uber doing that you consider illegal?

toomuchtodo Dec 3, 2015 View on HN

Because Uber pushes out transportation providers who do follow the rules. Hence, regulation required.

muttled Jun 17, 2021 View on HN

Didn't Uber start off by breaking laws just about everywhere it operated by being an unlicensed taxi service?