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Yeah, I don't think the selection into being a taxi driver is that intense though (at least in 99% of markets), it's a fairly low wage job
by apsec112 2y ago
Yeah, I don't think the selection into being a taxi driver is that intense though (at least in 99% of markets), it's a fairly low wage job
- iLoveOncall 2y agoThey should replicate the study in the UK where the test to become a licensed taxi driver is extremely hard and requires years of study to memorize I believe close to 30,000 street names.
- ruined 2y agojust because it's low wage and a lot of people know how to do it, doesn't mean it isn't cognitively demanding and, driving is one of the most lethal activities that people commonly do in the modern world. according to osha 'transport incidents' represent 39% of all occupational fatalities https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-injuries/fatal-occupational-injuries-by-event-drilldown.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/census-of-fatal-occupational-inju... presuming an absence of any survival bias is probably a little cavalier.
- ivanche 2y agoTaxi drivers often have a shady side gig in being a police informer, drug dealer etc. Also practically all valuables which clients forget become theirs.