Laws don't seem to matter when they're not enforced. The taxi dispatch system is perverse, because riders will take a street hail if one shows up before the di

Laws don't seem to matter when they're not enforced. The taxi dispatch system is perverse, because riders will take a street hail if one shows up before the dispatched taxi. Because of that, dispatched taxi will take any street hail they pass on the way to their intended pickup. So, riders call competing dispatchers, taking the first to arrive and guaranteeing at least one driver is wasting their time and gasoline. So, many drivers disobey the dispatcher, etc. Etc.