FIGAROVOX / ANALYSIS – Jean-Yves Archer offensive Uber reveals the contradiction of the State seeking competition to one side while expanding regulations on the other. . A paradox that results in an organized violation of property rights
In recent months, a topic ignites certain discussions: that of the conditions for exercising the profession of taxis. For some, there is an old and scandalous monopoly that must stop at all costs. For others, the arrival of the VTC (passenger car with driver) is every day more unfair competition.
instinct and analysis, the consumer is actually suspicious situations where dominate near-monopolies. One can think of Amazon or Google as well as the increasing concentration and continuous banks.
The economist Baumol WJ stated, in 1982, there was to know enrich the notion of competition (too often linked to the number of players in a market) by the concept of “contestable markets” where the barriers to entry should be nonexistent or marginal default
But taxis. – including Paris – are forewarned of free competition by the existence of their licenses, which is a barrier to entry if only by its price.
This is where the debate becomes Franco-French or better étatico -étatique. Thus pretext to rapidly introduce strong competition, the state has accepted that VTC companies (UBER head) are taught to acquire a license, the amount stood there eight months in Paris, nearly 240,000 euros. Now this is the same state that has imposed for decades acquiring a license required to practice as a taxi! The France of regulations to any hair dies hard.
Instead, the state (right and left) played the fire eaters accepting For example, most VTC drivers are self-employed entrepreneurs while taxis are mostly subject to known independent regime: the RSI. In practice this amounts to a charge difference of almost 600 euros per month depending on the activity of the cab
The thing is clear:. State speaks in two voices even in a doublespeak. In seeking competition to one side while organizing a dull violation of property rights: indeed, it is essential to keep in mind that the license fell by 55,000 euros in less than a year and that this is a direct attack heritage craftsmen drivers. Most of them relying on this “plate” resale value to construct the projects – for example -. For their legitimate pensions
To overcome this difficulty the true scent of injustice, he would necessary that the State should proceed to the redemption of licenses to create equality and at the same time remove the barrier to entry.
Instead, the state (right and left) played the fire-eaters, for example by accepting that most VTC drivers are self-employed entrepreneurs while taxis are mostly subject to known independent regime: the RSI. In practice this amounts to a charge difference of almost 600 euros per month depending on the activity of the taxi.
Similarly, the state was little looking on the insurance conditions of each of other. Some ephemeral companies VTC trimming blithely about the position of people transported by capping insurance guarantees. Other vehicles rolling with “doubles” outside paid registration in the register provided by the Law of 22 July 2009. Who says? What customer know?
On the bottom, so there is the issue of the license but also customer support. It is actually efficient and modern to go through his smartphone (matter settled out of grotesque period originally planned 15 minutes) to find an available vehicle. Either. But then you have to change the conditions of marauding and to allow as many as VTC taxis. Free competition?
What level of driver training? What evidence of his sobriety, his seriousness, his “intentions”, etc?
The convergence of the two businesses is inevitable. Just refer to the recent decision of 22 May 2015 by which the Constitutional Council invalidates Article code transport which prohibited VTC operators to practice a pricing based on the duration and distance, to be reserved for taxis. The VTC can now choose between a pricing plan or to the race, which is no longer necessarily the only, and horokilométrique pricing, such as taxis.
Let us hope that this case will again escalate . certain situations on the ground
The question is far from settled, but one point is unacceptable: it is that by which a particular lambda may become occasional taxi (see the application and POP UBER recent expansion in Province as a way of forced passage). On paper, some are full of enthusiasm for this innovation. Other more reserved because most lucid serenely posed five questions:
What level of driver training
What evidence of his sobriety, his seriousness, his “intentions”,? etc?
How to avoid this type of illegal taxi out any verifiable statement?
What level of maintenance of the vehicle as opposed to taxis and VTC?
What insurance coverage in terms
It is therefore desirable that the cursor is restored quickly in the matter except to imagine disable the taxi policy (“Boer”) yet so helpful especially against the scourge . false taxis at airports
Otherwise, conclude with the word of the famous American comedian George Burns: “It is a pity, all the people who know how to run a country are busy driving cabs or to cut hair “
Indeed, these are two quite distinct professions who share a taste for political …
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