France.<br/> <br />It's another blow for the car sharing service.<br/> <br />Taxi drivers there staged a 'go slow' on roads around Paris.<br/> <br />But if anything, it wasn't needed - a ban on Uber was announced first thing in the morning by the French interior ministry.<br/> <br />It said the service was illegal.<br/> <br />And - referring to inadequate insurance of drivers - there was a ''real danger'' for consumers.<br/> <br />Just what local drivers had been demanding.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) TAXI DRIVER, ALAIN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"What's important today is the safety of our clients and that the existing legislation should be respected, and that we strengthen regulations which today are nearly non-existent."<br/> <br />The online car sharing service is the world's fastest growing.<br/> <br />But in the past week or so the Netherlands, India, Thailand and Spain have banned Uber from taking bookings.<br/> <br />It's also facing U.S. law suits - one in Portland and another in its home state of California.
