DutchNews.nl, April 29,
2015
Online taxi platform Uber said on
Wednesday it is to ensure all the drivers for its Uberpop budget service in the
Netherlands have a taxi licence and that it will pick up the bill for the
application process.
The aim is to ‘end the deadlock’ surrounding Uberpop, Uber
Nederland director Niek van Leeuwen said in a blog post on the company’s
website.
Uberpop helps private individuals to use their own cars to transport
passengers but has been branded illegal by the Dutch courts because the drivers
do not have a licence.
Several drivers have since been fined for operating as
unlicenced taxis and the public prosecution department earlier this month said
it had begun a formal investigation into Uberpop.
Van Leeuwen told news agency
ANP he expects drivers will continue to work for Uber once they have a licence,
rather than join an established taxi firm with higher rates.
Uber says its
private drivers ‘turn over’ around over €20 an hour.
Van Leeuwen also admitted
some drivers had stopped because of the legal issues, ANP said.
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