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Regulations in Spain and Greece are somehow strict: a special licence, somehow equivalent to the New York medallion is required. Furthermore, at least in Spain
by opminion 14y ago
Regulations in Spain and Greece are somehow strict: a special licence, somehow equivalent to the New York medallion is required.
Furthermore, at least in Spain, being "a taxi driver" is a form of cultural identity. Typically, regulations specify that either the licence holder ora first-degree relative should drive the car.
- byoung2 14y agoI had good experiences with taxis in Spain (Barcelona), so it appears the regulation works. We asked our hotel what the rates should be to go to certain places, and the meter worked out to be in line with those. Maybe it's different in Madrid...
- opminion 14y agoIn Barcelona I had a ride where the taxi driver spent the whole time moaning about how short it was... (he claimed to have misunderstood the destination when he received the request, implying that he would have refused). No rip-off, though, just very poor customer service that time. Again, not all were like that, but it's harder to come across a driver like that in Germany or Britain. Perhaps it's just some superficial pattern of behaviour.