"Freelance taxi's? There must be taxi laws that requires special transportation permits to allow such activity. Taxi companies will not like this and will try to stop drop dime drivers from popping up everywhere. Bandwagon Boy VC investments are the first signs of a sketchy product. "

Quite prophetic words. Uber has been called out several times over the years for its questionable ethics. France banning of UberPop today after severe protests from licensed cabbies, is also rather timely.