> Back home in London (where such statistics are available), 11 women a month are attacked in unlicensed cabs, and unlicensed drivers are responsible for a horr

> Back home in London (where such statistics are available), 11 women a month are attacked in unlicensed cabs, and unlicensed drivers are responsible for a horrifying 80 percent of all stranger rapes. Naturally, if you make a peaceful economic activity illegal, the ensuing black market will have an over-representation of people willing to violate other (more serious) laws. Back home in the US, ignorance of this simple truth continues to dictate our policy on -- well, take a guess.