What the article doesn't mention is that it was just 3 weeks ago that the police declared Uber/Taxify illegal in Estonia, after a 9 month investigation of one Uber driver. [1] The government's idea of legalizing it was already in progress then behind the scenes, and they vowed to increase their efforts after the police's statement. This is that moving forward. Also, in a rather uncommon twist, although the police spent 9 months investigating this Uber driver and found them guilty, they decided to not apply any punishment, because the driver "wasn't aware of the law".

[1] In Estonian http://tehnika.postimees.ee/3578037/politsei-tunnistas-uberi...

Estonia already has some of the lowest price taxies in the Europe.

I often visit Narva (on the North-Eastern tip of the country) and getting anywhere in the city is a flat rate of 2 euros.

Few days ago I had a chat with a taxi driver in Tallin, very nice Estonian fellow in his 50s. On average he ends up working 80/hrs per week and he gets to keep (after tax, etc.) about 1/3rd of a fare paid by a customer.

Estonia sounds like a very interesting country.