Has anyone looked at if taxi companies actually hold up their end of the bargain? In Baltimore taxis routinely refuse to make pickups in various parts of town either because they are out of the way or because they are perceived to be "bad".
With something like a taxi that you hail from the street and don't know what you are getting into before you get in some light regulation is reasonable for accident and scam reduction But a brand like Uber that achieves those same goals through different means shouldn't be pushed out of existence and of all laws to pass limiting the number of drivers is just a blatant attempt to protect existing taxi's