Five taxi drivers arrested for threatening to kill an Uber driver
The private transport application Uber continues to make headlines. On this occasion after five professional taxi drivers pursued and death threats, allegedly, to one of his drivers. Facts that resulted in the arrest of the taxi drivers after allegedly causing the accident of the carrier " pirate”. And it is that the harassment and demolition of Uber is more than present in Spain due to the refusal of the taxi drivers' union to implement it.
According to police sources, the events took place during the past Saturday Thus, after chasing and, supposedly, causing the accident of the Uber driver, five taxi drivers were arrested by the police in the district of Moratalaz, Madrid, around 3:40 in the afternoon. Finally, the professional drivers were released with charges of damage and threats In addition to the accident and damage to their vehicle, according to the same source, the driver ofUber was allegedly threatened with death by taxi drivers who chased him through the streets of the capital.
The version is slightly different from the Asociación Elite Taxi to which the taxi drivers belong. Its president, José Miguel Funez has clarified that his colleagues did not pursue the pirate driver, but rather followed him with the intention of denouncing him before the police for his illegal practice.Something that has already become a practice common in Madrid since the arrival of the service Uber In addition , affirms that one of the taxi drivers who was arrested, has denounced the pirate driver for bodily harm and damage to his vehicle while trying to flee from the pursuit they were carrying out.
Funez has also provided information about driver Uber, stating that he has already been penalized by the police on two other occasions for carrying out the transport activity without the necessary legal requirements. And once again the day before the events for not having in his vehicle the ITV certificate
A new case in which Madrid taxi drivers try to defend their business against the company Uber, which has already had a couple of months operating in the Spanish capital with, according to their own statements, increasing successIn fact, Madrid and Barcelona would be the European cities where it is growing the most thanks to the existing demand for drivers willing to work, or “collaborate” according to the company's philosophy, with Uber, as well as customerswho want to save on their trips.
The company Uber is not at its best, in terms of public image. And it is that, in addition to the persecution by taxi drivers and authorities in Spain, it is leading a smear campaign in the United States due to statements made by one of its managers at an event with the press. In his words, he assured the possibility of spying on journalists, investing up to a million dollars to hire private investigators and airing the rags dirty of those informers who spoke ill of UberSomething that has also put the American information union on a war footing against the transportation service company.
