UberPOP is Finnished in Helsinki until 2018 Uber has given in to regulatory pressure in Finland, and is suspending its UberPOP until that country implements limited taxi deregulation next year. The company was losing on points in its regulatory battles in the country, with Finnish police investigating whether its operations amount to an illegal taxi services. During …
Uber are operating in a similarly illegal position in Germany at the moment, or were, they have officially been declared illegal here.
There problem is, the drivers don't need to a taxi license, but they do need a professional driving license - a higher standard and that costs extra money. Without it, the drivers cannot get commercial insurance for transporting paying passengers - the best they could do is get the petrol paid for, if the passenger happens to be going to the same destination as the driver - the driver can't pick up a passenger and then change his destination.
Uber weren't ensuring that their drivers had the proper license and weren't making sure they had commercial insurance - if the driver uses their normal insurance, it is null and void, if they have an accident whilst transporting a passenger (or if it can be proved they were cruising for passengers / driving to pick up a passenger).
That means that any damages and compensation would come out of the driver's pocket and they would be prosecuted for driving without a valid (professional) license and without valid (commercial) insurance.
If the police pulled them over in a routine stop and it transpired that they had a paying passenger on board, the same prosecutions, but obviously no private compensation claims.
In either case, the driver would face a heavy fine and lose his license.
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