&gt; The thing that amazes me the most about Uber is the flagrant disregard of local laws, and the lack of repercussions.<p>Uber is using &#x2F; exploiting the regulator&#x27;s method of enforcement, which tends to be persuading people to comply with the law and taking them to cour as a matter of last resort or for flagrant breaches.<p>We see this with companies who avoid (but not evade) taxes - the tax authorities tighten the rules, arrange for a partial payback, and continue scrutiny.<p>Sometimes this makes sense. Court cases are expensive and not guaranteed. At least this way some of the money is gathered.<p>But it does leave space for companies like Uber to operate in grey areas of law that&#x27;s written in statute and the way the courts have interpreted it and the way the regulators enforce it.<p>The insurance is most worrying.