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Here in France taxi driving is pretty hard to get into. You not only need to pass an exam, but you also need a licence that can be bought or rented from its own

by Bayart 8y ago

Here in France taxi driving is pretty hard to get into. You not only need to pass an exam, but you also need a licence that can be bought or rented from its owner, which is really expensive. New licences are basically non-existent. In comparison the cost of the car itself isn't as important, so drivers put some effort into it. And they're more professional. I've never once in my life talked to a taxi driver in France besides entering and leaving the car.

namdnay 8y ago
You’ve identified one of the reasons for having nice cars, which is the relative low cost of the car as compared to buying the licence. The others are that they are only paying about 50% of the cost of their cars (as the installments are deductible from gross income), they get subsidised diesel (hence the ludicrously overpowered v6 German engines when the rest of the world is running on Japanese hybrids), and most importantly they get to use the vehicle as their personal car when not working...