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Re:Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in ... by gioele on Saturday December 28, 2013 @07:50PM (#6977488)
> high prices per km

In Italy, and in other European countries, the taxi prices are set by the city councils, not the taxi drivers.

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Re:Uber now has to wait 15 minutes before picking you up in ... by officemonkey on Saturday December 28, 2013 @08:55PM (#6977803)
And those councils are aggressively lobbied (and possibly bribed) by those taxi drivers.

The most depressing thing about public corruption is how cheap it is.

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