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Shawn @ Sep 5th 2007 1:55PM
Oh please Mr. Oak, these things are not for the real New Yorkers. The big issue is not the credit cards, it is the GPS. The cab drivers are all afraid now the clueless tourists can prove they were driven the long way around.
Plenty of commercial vehicles have GPS systems...Yet why don't cab drivers want them? Could it be that if the tips are put on credit cards, the drivers would have to declare their income?
Mr. Oak @ Sep 5th 2007 2:04PM
Well as a New Yorker who actually rides these cabs, mostly late at night. I have no problem with the cabbies. They are mostly cool, though one of them did kick me and this girl out of his cab for making out (different story).
My point is if the TLC is so concerned about the tourists etc. let them foot the bill for these devices. This thing is a cash cow for the TLC, they should pay for it.
I am not against the devices, just who pays and who benefits.
Jared @ Sep 5th 2007 3:20PM
Please.....
There are tons of jobs that do not report income. That is what also makes them worthwhile to those who man them. These should be paid for by the TLC if not all than a large percentage. Taxi drivers will never gain revenue and will only pay for the TLC to make money.
Don @ Sep 5th 2007 3:37PM
YOU try being a New York cabbie, Shawn, and see how YOU like having your every move tracked.
Barney @ Sep 5th 2007 4:47PM
"now the clueless tourists can prove they were driven the long way around."
And just how would the tourist know? Are you suggesting that they are carrying GPS with them or following a road map? A tourist would still have no idea. What commercial vehicles carry Visa machines? GPS is used for tracking trucks in thee case they get stolen. Other companies use them, not to spy on the driver but to give him directions.
howard @ Sep 5th 2007 4:54PM
could be!!!!!!!
Then they would have to pay taxes the way the rest of us do! My cousin is a New York cabbie and makes over $95,000 a year, takes 5 weeks vacation in the islands, drives a new Jag every year and sends his 5 kids to some academy out of town and braggs everytime I see him that if he ever had to pay the right taxes he'd have to go on welfare! He only declares 1-2% like all his buddys! Now, why not put a "STOLLY" in his cab like the one I used to have to run in the cab of my diesel when i drove over the road trucks (18 wheelers to you that don't know)! Mine was operated by vibration his will be electronic! Somebody will figure out how to beat it but, until they do the cabbie will have to be honest (Oh, I made a funny)!