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Notice how you constantly say "I want". What if I, on the other hand, don't want to know those things and am simply concerned with the price, prepared to take a
by snitko 12y ago
Notice how you constantly say "I want". What if I, on the other hand, don't want to know those things and am simply concerned with the price, prepared to take a risk here? What right on earth do you have to tell other people what ratio of risk/reward is acceptable for them? Yet, this is exactly what regulation does: it says "this is in the public interest", yet "public" is very different in its preferences towards prices, comfort, risk and other factors.
If you want a safe taxi, by all means, use the government approved service. I for one couldn't care less, so I'm gonna go with a cheaper service. Everyone should have that choice.
- DanBC 12y agoWhy should the people maimed by those cut-price cabs suffer from the poor risk assessment of the people using those cut price cabs?
- snitko 12y agoWhy would they suffer? If you are concerned with your safety and trust the government vetting process, you are free to use government-licenced taxi services exclusively.
- Tomte 12y agoYou really don't get it, do you? Road traffic is dangerous. Not only for people sitting inside those cars, but also very much so for everyone else. The pedestrian your cheap taxi without working brakes just ran over didn't choose your taxi. You did. And you're proudly saying that you have assessed the risk and... are willing to let other people take it.
- DanBC 12y agoWhen your poorly maintain cab plows into a pedestrian, crippling them, leaving them with medical bills (in some countries) and loss of earnings they're going to want to claim on the cabs insurance. But the cab doesn't have insurance because fuck regulation.