This has probably occurred to everyone already, but I think Uber and Lyft are playing the long game. They&#x27;re creating a firmly established business model initially nested in legal grey area and barging forward regardless of the speeding tickets they may have to pay.  Human driver labor will eventually be replaced by far cheaper machine labor and the challenge of minimizing contractor&#x2F;employee expenses will no longer be an issue.  They&#x27;re just racing to pack the first punch in what will be a gargantuan industry- the final outcome of the drivers&#x27; situation now seems like it will have little effect on the industry&#x27;s long-term model.