As a french, I wonder how this law will affect other car pooling services, such as blablacar. I use them quite frequently to move, as it's a lot cheaper than train, and you can chat with the driver.
UberPop,on the other hand,is a private taxi service.It's not about someone saying he goes to Nantes and has room for 4 people,for a 15€ fee.
Given the price of the train,the development of ride sharing and inter region bus travelling(which was still illegal a few years ago),is a good thing.
I cant believe how insanely expensive the train is today.The SNCF also stopped providing a lot of services (low cost train,stations,...)they deemed not profitable enough just to push for the high speed rail.in 2005,you could do Paris-Nantes for 15€. It took 4 hours,but who cares.
Today,it's 50 up to 100€ + if you dare book a trip on the same day you're travelling.
What's more or less tolerated (for now) is some ride-sharing drivers inflating prices above the legal limit to make a small buck.
Wait, this was illegal? Wtf, why?
ps: music band tribute username ?
(nope, Vampire the Masquerade tribute username ;) )