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Decentralised Cabs already exist: black cabs in the UK(well only London) are all independent. The only thing that is common is that they have a license to oper
by KaiserPro 4y ago
Decentralised Cabs already exist:
black cabs in the UK(well only London) are all independent. The only thing that is common is that they have a license to operate and have passed the "knowledge"
Minicabs in the UK are different, you need to be Disclosure and Barring Service "passed" ie not a convicted sex pest. Every town used to have a number of minicab firms. You needed to know the number of a few of them. There are a number of aggregators that now act as a broker to them (even though uber exists here.)
- edent 4y agoIndependent in the sense that they have to buy their taxi from one manufacturer, get approval from one board, take an exam provided by one examiner, charge the same price, and - seemingly - all have the same funny anecdote about driving a drunk celebrity. Don't get me wrong - being able to hail a cab in central London is vastly quicker than working out which dodgy minicab app is working today. But they're hardly decentralised. They are fairly autonomous though.