Taxi drivers attack Ubermenov

From the very first day of its existence, Uber has figured in many disputes and discussions. The appearance of the company thundered like a bolt from the blue for the traditional transport business. The development of a startup and a set of turnovers, coupled with multi-million investments, led to the fact that the service grew just instantly to world scale, and transport offices (mostly taxis) all over the world recorded an incredible decrease in profitability.

Recently, protests have swept across Europe, and Uber drivers have been targeted by local taxi drivers. Protests were often extremely aggressive. In Brussels, over the weekend, the company's transport network drivers (TNC) threw competitors with eggs and flour. Also, according to the general manager of Uber in Belgium (Filip Nuytemans), there have been cases of smartphone theft from Uber drivers and attacks on passengers ( like in the good old days ).


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On the contrary, the president of the Brussels Taxi Association (Brussels Association of Taxis), Konstantin Tsatsakis (Constantin Tsatsakis), called the report exaggerated, adding that “there was no aggression”, despite the recognition that eggs and flour did exist, and the phones were just confiscated, ”as if such actions are akin to sanctions and differ from ordinary theft.

In all the time, at least one Belgian taxi driver was arrested and confessed that he had thrown flour in an attempt to prevent passengers from getting inside the vehicle. Incidents of this kind took place in many cities of the world, but in Brussels were the most violent.

Today, Uber has a bone in the throat of traditional transport companies and existing transport legislation. Today, Uber wins, squeezing many competitors from the market due to low prices, global omnipresence of service and ease of use, but revenge is possible, as legislative initiatives can cause significant damage to service activities. And at the moment, no one doubts that industry lobbyists stand in lines of various government agencies. So the confrontation continues, to be continued ...