http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/ Engadget Comments for NYC cab drivers say "no thanks" to GPS installation http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/that is so dumb.
In barcelona all the taxi's have gps with trafic reports etc. it rocks.]]>Mar 9th 2007 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/]]>Mar 9th 2007 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/-Taylor]]>Mar 9th 2007 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 7th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.bellybuttonwindow.com/2006/taiwan/

But I can live with it if this means cab fares will be GPS-verified. Too many times I've had the exact same trip cost wildly different amounts because a cabbie has hacked the meter to his advantage.
]]>Mar 9th 2007 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 12th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 9th 2007 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 10th 2007 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://markets.flettexchange.com/medallions/2007/02/07/taxicab-technology-a-curse-or-a-blessing-in-disguise%e2%80%a6/ that I think clears the whole thing up.]]>Mar 10th 2007 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 10th 2007 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 10th 2007 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/1) They can no longer cheat people by taking the long way
2) They can no longer cheat the IRS if people pay by credit card
3) Those who own their own taxi vehicle will be forced to pay for the equipment

No wonder taxi drivers don't want this to happen...]]>Mar 10th 2007 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/
I asked him if anyone had paid by credit card, and he said that it only happened once or twice so far. However, what's really odd is that I've seen (a few times now) people pull the "Oh crap, I don't have enough money" and then the cab driver just says "go to the damn ATM" rather than use the credit card thing - it's like they don't even know it is there.

Another cabbie said that he had started using the GPS - but only when he went to the suburbs, because the streets out there are all fucked up.

heh.]]>Mar 10th 2007 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/1.) The drivers gets charged a fee of 5% from the philly taxi commission.
2.) The taxi commission holds their money for 30 days before a check is sent to them.

It's the city implementation of this technology that puts the drivers in a bad position. If I had those kind of terms... I'd drop someone off at an ATM as well.

Philly]]>Mar 10th 2007 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://cabspotting.org/client.html CABSPOTTING!!!

lol..]]>Mar 10th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/the cab driver will not be the ones that be paying the up front
unit cost. The fleet owners will be paying the cost.
Then they will be passing the cost on to the drivers
that will be paying incearce the weekly rentel cost.
and the owners of each taxi will see then profite
of this plan.]]>Mar 10th 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/the cab driver will not be the ones that be paying the up front
unit cost. The fleet owners will be paying the cost.
Then they will be passing the cost on to the drivers
that will be paying incearce the weekly rentel cost.
and the owners of each taxi will see then profite
of this plan.]]>Mar 10th 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/
Seriously, I can see where these might be beneficial, and if enough people take cabs with card machines (being aware that they may pay slightly more), those without the machines will lose business and have an incentive to buy a machine. If people aren't willing to pay an increased fare for the privilege of using a credit card, those who buy the machines will lose business. Of course, *letting the market sort it out* would never fly in NY...]]>Mar 10th 2007 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 12th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.globalpov.com, all about this kind of stuff. I also read "Privacy Lost" by the guy who writes the blog, same sort of stuff. keep your eye on this stuff. I think it's ]]>Mar 12th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/Mar 12th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/09/nyc-cab-drivers-say-no-thanks-to-gps-installation/
www.MarchOnPentagon.org
www.WorldCantWait.org]]>Mar 12th 2007 11:19AM