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I believe their main argument (probably encouraged by the taxi industry) is that it's not safe to have unlicensed taxi drivers. But by that argument wikipedia
by zhoujianfu 12y ago
I believe their main argument (probably encouraged by the taxi industry) is that it's not safe to have unlicensed taxi drivers.
But by that argument wikipedia should be the world's biggest encyclopedia of racist porn.
- serge2k 12y agoIt's not a bad argument in some ways, you should be required to have proper insurance to operate as an Uber driver.
- viscanti 12y agoThere's a difference between "licensed" (where the government only licenses a certain group to create a government granted monopoly) and "insured".
- cauterized 12y agoLicensing can also be used to ensure competence and familiarity with safety regulations (there's a reason why we require people to be licensed to operate a vehicle in general and a reason why even in the age of GPS, London cabbies are required to pass a test of their knowledge of the city's streets.)