Well, here we go again with more drivers who are used to running amok and acting like they have a license to steal from management whining, complaining and protesting about a system that actually could help them stay safer and earn more money. read the Newsday article here:
http://tinyurl.com/comb9
Basically the New York Taxi Commission, sick of the complaints from drivers "taking the long way 'round", congregating in parts of the city so there are no cabs in others and in general being the but of jokes and war stories world-wide has decided to discuss having new cabs equipped with GPS.
The drivers, somewhat understandably, don't want to hear about it, because they have been left to run their cabs any which way they want to since the days the cabs were horse drawn.
Not only would modern technology eliminate arguments of abuse ... thereby protecting the driver for false accusations just as much as protecting the traveling public from rip offs, but it's a proven fact that GPS-dispatched cabs have a higher load factor .. and drivers only make money when the flag is down and they are carrying fares.
The costs quoted in the article are absolutely bogus .. it's disappointing to me that every reporter in the 20 or 30 repetitions of this article has just repeated them as if they were fact ... a decent system, per cab could be had for $5 or $600 with costs for dispatch, control and safety messages on the order of a dollar per shift. Sometimes I wonder if the 21st century will ever get here.
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