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You are a lot wealthier than the cab driver. From his perspective, you made him lose money by taking a route to Westchester, and then lose money again by using

by temphn 14y ago

You are a lot wealthier than the cab driver. From his perspective, you made him lose money by taking a route to Westchester, and then lose money again by using a credit card, and then lose money a third time by not tipping him. EDIT: Ok, not to Westchester but outside the city limits. Basically the law forced a guy who doesn't make that much money to engage in a transaction with you against his will. He wasn't the bad guy here.

adgar 14y ago
I didn't go to Westchester, you misread. I live in Chelsea. Consider that a cab ride from grand central to westchester would cost far more than 9 dollars. Dude. Chelsea is in Manhattan. It's uptown of the west village. It was a 5-10 minute ride. Perhaps your comments would be better focused if you were familiar with... any of this. On point, how you could possibly turn a 5-10 minute cab ride to a city resident's home into a victimized cab driver being forced into an unwilling financial transaction is literally - literally - beyond me. Especially when the transaction in question - driving a passenger somewhere - is pretty much the sole responsibility and contribution of a cab driver.
yummyfajitas 14y ago
The law also gives the guy a monopoly on selling taxi services, so it's hard to have much sympathy. I'm all in favor of letting cabbies pick and choose their fares. But if we do that, we also need to allow competition in the taxi market.
- adgar 14y ago
  > The law also gives the guy a monopoly on selling taxi services, so it's hard to have much sympathy. Sort of - the law gives the guy a monopoly on picking up street passengers. But again, these laws are broken often - livery drivers will still pick you up sometimes, depending on where you are. Definitely not in front of Grand Central, though.
  - DannoHung 14y ago
    Yeah, never ever ever get in a Livery cab though without pre-negotiating a price. I made that mistake once.
jcampbell1 14y ago
The rate doubles when you leave the city to compensate for the driver having to get back without a fare.

by temphn 14y ago

adgar 14y ago

I didn't go to Westchester, you misread. I live in Chelsea. Consider that a cab ride from grand central to westchester would cost far more than 9 dollars. Dude. Chelsea is in Manhattan. It's uptown of the west village. It was a 5-10 minute ride. Perhaps your comments would be better focused if you were familiar with... any of this. On point, how you could possibly turn a 5-10 minute cab ride to a city resident's home into a victimized cab driver being forced into an unwilling financial transaction is literally - literally - beyond me. Especially when the transaction in question - driving a passenger somewhere - is pretty much the sole responsibility and contribution of a cab driver.

yummyfajitas 14y ago

The law also gives the guy a monopoly on selling taxi services, so it's hard to have much sympathy. I'm all in favor of letting cabbies pick and choose their fares. But if we do that, we also need to allow competition in the taxi market.

adgar 14y ago
> The law also gives the guy a monopoly on selling taxi services, so it's hard to have much sympathy. Sort of - the law gives the guy a monopoly on picking up street passengers. But again, these laws are broken often - livery drivers will still pick you up sometimes, depending on where you are. Definitely not in front of Grand Central, though.
- DannoHung 14y ago
  Yeah, never ever ever get in a Livery cab though without pre-negotiating a price. I made that mistake once.

jcampbell1 14y ago

The rate doubles when you leave the city to compensate for the driver having to get back without a fare.