Five years on, Uber settles Dutch UberPop case for €2.3m
Dutch NewsTaxi agency Uber has reached a €2.025m out of court settlement with the Dutch public prosecution office for operating its illegal UberPop service in the Netherlands in 2014 and 2015. The company has also agreed to hand over the €309,409 it earned from UberPop and the person responsible for the service in the Netherlands has accepted a 90 hour community service sentence, the public prosecution department said. ‘A licence also imposes requirements on the vehicles, such as an on-board computer in the car, that makes it possible to check drivers’ driving and rest times.’ In addition, the department said, providing taxi services without a licence creates unfair competition. ‘This settlement allows us to formally close this chapter, shows we have learned from our mistakes and have changed as an organisation.’ Deaths Uber has also recently been under fire in Amsterdam after four fatal road accidents in six weeks involving Uber drivers.
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