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Uber Offers Free Rides To Koreans, Hopes They Won't Report Illegal Drivers

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-happens-in-seoul-stays-in-seoul dept.

itwbennett writes Uber Technologies is offering free rides on its uberX ride-sharing service in the South Korean capital of Seoul, after city authorities intensified their crackdown on illegal drivers by offering a reward to residents who report Uber drivers to police. South Korean law prohibits unregistered drivers from soliciting passengers using private or rented vehicles and carries a penalty of up to two years in prison or fines of up to 20 million won.

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  1. Uber != ridesharing. by jklovanc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Uber is ride sharing in the same way pizza delivery is food sharing. People and companies are making money off of it therefore it is not sharing.

  2. Re:I wonder why... by davester666 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    really?

    a company comes in, says "fuck your laws, we don't need to follow them, we'll write our own", and the municipality should go "welcome to our city"?

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  3. Re:Registration by LoyalOpposition · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Keeping prices high keeps taxis available.

    Let me see if I can follow your logic...Limiting the number of taxis makes the price of taxis high. Keeping the prices high keeps taxis available. Therefore...Limiting the number of taxis keeps taxis available. I don't think that even the great logician and philosopher Yogi Berra could improve on your statement.

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