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Some more stuff I guess. All car owners have to deal with insurance, in case they get into an accident. Public transport needs a different kind of insurance. R
by RodericDay 11y ago
Some more stuff I guess.
All car owners have to deal with insurance, in case they get into an accident. Public transport needs a different kind of insurance. Regulation here ensures compliance.
Licensed cab drivers are also trained in terms of being able to provide First Aid and whatnot. Uber does away with this. (https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3de8xr/ama_someone_who_works_in_the_toronto_taxi/ https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/3de8xr/ama_someone...)
Cab fleets, by virtue of being composed of multiple cabs, are able to comply with regulations regarding having a certain % of cabs and drivers prepared to handle disabled passengers. Uber, seeing as they exist in a weird limbo where they both represent all the cabs and none at the same time, has fought such restrictions (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/21/uber-disability-laws-don-t-apply-to-us.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/21/uber-disabi...).
- icebraining 11y agoIs First Aid training common? Sounds specific to Toronto, as I've never heard of that requirement elsewhere.
- majewsky 11y agoA friend of mine recently got a German "Personenbeförderungsschein" (person transport permit) to work part-time at a chauffeur service (which, from what he told, is mostly identical to a taxi service). There was no First Aid training involved as far as he told me, only a knowledge test of about 100 Points of Interest around the city, including routes to there and in some cases opening hours.