‘Drivers UberPOP waylaid in Amsterdam – Parool.nl

17-03-15 8:52 pm – Source: Reuters

The taxi app UberPOP. © getty

Drivers of the new taxi service UberPOP in Amsterdam attacked by groups of men in cars . A spokesman for the department today confirmed the report in De Telegraaf. Certainly two drivers have reported to the police

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Last month it was announced that Taxi Centrale Amsterdam (TCA) and the association KNV Taxi have reported against UberPop. They want the government to “actively ASAP action against illegal taxi service. ‘We are now seven months later and we see that to date nothing has changed. After a number of fines drive still illegal UberPop drivers in big cities. ”

UberPOP that a small group of taxi drivers sitting behind the attacks. “They are trying to deal with violence against innovation in the taxi world.”

A police spokeswoman could not confirm this morning two declarations. In one of those cases, two men arrested for threat and reckless driving.

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The transport through UberPOP prohibited by the court in the Netherlands, is a counter lower rate than offered by professional taxis.

From declarations which identified the newspaper, shows that UberPOP riders are chased and surrounded. Would include threatened with a knuckle-duster and a hammer and a car would be made unusable.

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The new service has been active since last summer in Amsterdam and now also in The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht. Individuals transporting their cars others surcharge. Customers can call these taxis through an app on the smartphone.

The company is a thorn in the side of the official drivers to meet more requirements, such as a license and a taxi meter.

The activities in our country go against an injunction of the Appeals Board for the Business-December. UberPOP pulls the ban to nothing. The company had the right penalties were imposed to a maximum amount of 100,000 euros. This is now achieved

(Edited by: Editorial).