Good luck with this argument. I ran it on an earlier HN thread about the cost of a driver being only a small portion of the cost of a cab. But people don't wa

Good luck with this argument. I ran it on an earlier HN thread about the cost of a driver being only a small portion of the cost of a cab. But people don't want to listen. They think because they hand a driver a $50 note, the driver makes all the money. Taxis cost money because of (a) running costs (b) finance/depreciation costs and (c) regulatory costs. (a) and (b) isn't going anywhere, and (c) certainly is not. Drivers are only a small part of the picture. Removing them won't dramatically alter costs or availability.