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I disagree. Tourists wandering round Edinburgh (or London) can stick out their arm and be guaranteed someone trained, vetted, and able to give them service at
by AndrewDucker 12y ago
I disagree.
Tourists wandering round Edinburgh (or London) can stick out their arm and be guaranteed someone trained, vetted, and able to give them service at a standard price.
Locals can decide they want to take a risk and phone up a hire car company for a non-regulated price without guaranteed training, if they so wish.
The former is _totally_ worth it from a reputational point of view, as far as London/Edinburgh council is concerned.
- pessimizer 12y agoWhy would a hired car company be non-regulated, and not have guaranteed training? I know that's the current state, but what's the reason for it? The only reason that I can come up with is that people who privately hire a car are expected to have done more due diligence about the company, therefore are more aware of the risks that they're taking. That is not necessarily true, and may not even be commonly true. I say that raising your hand to hail a car and making a call to hire a car are identical acts, and that it was inevitable that someone would come up with a way to make a call that was as simple as raising your hand. Are those cabs being hired or hailed? Does it matter? Why?
- LanceH 12y agoThere is a lot more for-hire business out there than can be anticipated by the taxi industry. The regulation spoken of regarding the taxi industry is typically the medallion allowing hailed fares. There are typically other regulations which may apply, such as a commercial driver's license and commercial insurance. The latter two would be seen for bus, limo, truck and courier services. It is that group where Uber should fall, if anything, not taxi regulation which also includes regulation limiting the number.