"French taxi drivers pulled out the throttle in an all-out confrontation with the ultra-cheap Uber car service Thursday, smashing livery cars, setting tires ablaze and blocking traffic during a nationwide strike that caught tourists and celebrities alike in the mayhem.
Travelers going to and from the airport were forced to walk alongside highways with their bags, while others, including singer Courtney Love, had their cars set upon by striking taxi drivers.
“They’ve ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage,” Love tweeted. “They’re beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I’m safer in Baghdad,”
But we have the government to protect us from such violence, right? I'm sure the the French government rushed to shut down the taxi companies in response to their violent acts...
"Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve rushed back from a trip to Marseille to meet with taxi unions, declaring afterward that UberPop must be shut down and its vehicles seized if caught by police carrying passengers.
Goddamit...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/french-taxis-strike-after-weeks-of-rising-tension-over-uber/2015/06/25/f62f23f2-1b0d-11e5-bed8-1093ee58dad0_story.html
Travelers going to and from the airport were forced to walk alongside highways with their bags, while others, including singer Courtney Love, had their cars set upon by striking taxi drivers.
“They’ve ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage,” Love tweeted. “They’re beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I’m safer in Baghdad,”
But we have the government to protect us from such violence, right? I'm sure the the French government rushed to shut down the taxi companies in response to their violent acts...
"Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve rushed back from a trip to Marseille to meet with taxi unions, declaring afterward that UberPop must be shut down and its vehicles seized if caught by police carrying passengers.
Goddamit...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/french-taxis-strike-after-weeks-of-rising-tension-over-uber/2015/06/25/f62f23f2-1b0d-11e5-bed8-1093ee58dad0_story.html