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Cities vary. There are good cab drivers, bad ones, and really bad ones. I've had the same things happen to me as the previous poster: didn't show up, claimed cr
by AJ007 12y ago
Cities vary. There are good cab drivers, bad ones, and really bad ones. I've had the same things happen to me as the previous poster: didn't show up, claimed credit card didn't work (frequent.)
I have also had a few other things: kidnapped, cab driver trying to run other cars off the road, talking on cell phone (40% - 60% of the time), stopping for gas, picking up their friends, operate a vehicle with brakes that were clearly barely operable, and so on.
Uber has bad drivers too, but I assume they don't last long. In NYC, at least, cab drivers can expect to keep driving even after killing pedestrians. http://nypost.com/2014/02/09/cabbies-who-kill-or-maim-in-nyc-keep-licenses-return-to-work/ http://nypost.com/2014/02/09/cabbies-who-kill-or-maim-in-nyc...
- waps 12y agoThis is what you'd expect government to do when taking away a licence would mean the person loses their livelihood. The same thing is true for lawyers, land meters, certified accountants, ... they effectively get one "get out of jail free" card for any offence that occurred on the job, and isn't an obvious repeat offence, or was an obvious case of corruption (and getting paid a lot, but not directly to commit a crime is not corruption). Why ? Two reasons. Firstly, because taking that licence destroys the person, nobody wants to do it. Second because of the effect of taking away licences, their competitors could cause their licence to be taken away to increase business (for lawyers at least, I know two cases where this happened)