Finnish Police: If You See Uber Car, Call 911

emakinen writes: The police in Helsinki, Finland has announced in a tweet that if you see someone driving Uber car, you should call 911 (or actually, 112 in Finland). In an article in the local newspaper they have explained that there is an ongoing investigation to find out whether or not Uber is legal in Finland and they want to interrogate Uber drivers. Normally you should have a permit to drive a taxi in Finland.

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Re:Statists will not go quietly into the night

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Prove that the driver is actually the person with whom the Uber account was established by.

Prove, that the frequency of this occurring is higher among Uber, than among "official" taxis.

With private companies, if one develops a reputation of not properly enforcing its policies, the customers will flock to the others. With the city's government being the sole certifier, there is nothing to do but to avoid the whole city altogether.

Prove that the insurance meets passenger livery laws.

Guilty until proven innocent? Thank you for exposing yourself as a statist... You are the enemy, and you will be defeated.