Global ride-sharing app Uber vowed Thursday to continue in Hungary despite the government bringing in tough new legislation aimed at cracking down on the service after large taxi driver protests. "Uber is staying in Hungary, stands by its drivers, and will do its best to comply with all regulations, although that takes time," Zoltan Fekete, Uber's head in Hungary, told a press conference in Budapest.
Licensed taxi driver representatives have complained that orders have been decreasing sharply, and that Uber drivers - who are charging significantly cheaper fares - should be subject to the same stringent rules regulating official cabs. Last month, hundreds of cabbies sparked traffic chaos in Budapest when they blocked a city centre junction for four days, demanding the government take action against Uber. In response, the government decreed that from Friday drivers carrying passengers for money must register their cars with the authorities, pass technical courses, and pay all taxes in full.
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