Smartphone is no taximeter

- The smartphones with the app Uber taxi service using drivers in London do not compare with taxi meters . That a judge ruled Friday . The Uber drivers therefore do not require a compulsory license.

The transport authorities in the British capital asked to judge the judge about the status of the technology used by Uber . The taxi association joined this matter , and found that Uber had to satisfy the rule that private vehicles should not have meters.

Traditional taxi drivers often have years of training required to pass an expensive license.

" The rules do not cover a device based on GPS and a signal to a server ", according to the court now .