> You think it is for safety Yes. I cannot look up the actual regulations for Italy, since i don't speak italian, but i know that the licenses at least require

> You think it is for safety Yes. I cannot look up the actual regulations for Italy, since i don't speak italian, but i know that the licenses at least require a written test. I also know that in Germany for example the regulations are extremely strict. I expect the italian ones to fall somewhere between the us and german regulations. E: http://www.italy.army.mil/visitor_transportation.asp http://www.italy.army.mil/visitor_transportation.asp states about taxis: "Taxi drivers must be properly licensed and insured and their vehicles inspected for safety." > seeing that normal cabbies drive like maniacs in cars where the seatbelts do not actually work a lot of the time while they still have the official license In Italy?