Everything what Government does is to "protect us stupid people".
So I'm sure what they are trying to do is to keep us safe. Or you guys, I'm not American, We have EU which regulates everything and protect us even from the sort of water throughput we can get from our showerheads and what kind of light we get from our lightbulbs.

Though maybe it also has something to do with Uber's plan to destroy tai industry and completely replace them with self-driving cars about which I learned yesterday.
https://steemit.com/til/@joewantsfreedom/til-uber-s-mindblowing-evil-plan-for-world-domination-of-at-least-the-transport-industry

I'd say you'd love the article referenced at the end and would make you think. You might even put a different spin on it which I'd prob. enjoy reading.