Former Uber drivers trick Danish lawmakers
In Denmark, Uber threw in the towel for legal reasons. Two new companies are looking to fill the gap that has opened up.
After pressure from politicians and police became too much, the ride-hailing service Uber withdrew from Denmark in April. The Scandinavian country is now Uber-free, like Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Spain.
As the Luzerner Zeitung writes in its current issue, former Uber drivers have now come up with a trick and want to step into the breach. They offer goods transports where the owner of the goods can ride along for free. Anyone who books a ride via the app officially has their cell phone, handbag or other item transported. At a significantly lower price than the corresponding cab ride would cost.
Ubr City, as the one service presumably calls itself not entirely coincidentally, exploits liberal legislation for courier services with the practice. The successor companies are now trying to win over the more than 2,000 former Uber drivers.
Although the relevant Danish ministry immediately reported the two new services, Ubr City and Habil, the police have so far refrained from fining them and tolerate the new business model. Ubr City emphasizes that it pays taxes and social security contributions and thus contributes to the welfare state.bravo-otto-wahl-1989-insta.jpgD
Uber itself is not happy about the successor Ubr City: The ride service's lawyers are said to have already gone on the attack because of the similarity of the name, according to the Luzerner Zeitung article. Meanwhile, Ubr City founder Per Jakobsen emphasizes that the name is an abbreviation of "Ualmindelig Behagerlig Rokade," which translates as "unusually pleasant shifting. (hae)
