http://briansullivan.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/09/fewer-cabs-in-the-capital/ FOXBusiness Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://briansullivan.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/09/fewer-cabs-in-the-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-9 BJ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:14:48 +0000 http://briansullivan.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/09/fewer-cabs-in-the-capital/#comment-9 Even though cab drivers will be "looking for a way out", don't expect a shortage of cabs anytime soon because there IS no way out. Thiose looking will soon find that it's nearly impossible to go from barely making enough to live from day to day, to get another jobs and wait teo weeks for a paycheck. How do you pay for food for that interim two weeks? Many taxi drivers find that they are "trapped" in the job. The only solution, as Saleem has pointed out, is to work longer hours. And he's already up to 12 hr days, seven days a week. When taxi drivers are forced to drive that many hours or more just to survive, they can't be driving safely. Exhaustion is simply not conducive to safe driving, regardless of one's level of experience. The regulating body's solution is always to instill special or higher fines for taxi drivers, which is more money out of their pockets, necessitating even more danger on the roads. Even though cab drivers will be “looking for a way out”, don’t expect a shortage of cabs anytime soon because there IS no way out. Thiose looking will soon find that it’s nearly impossible to go from barely making enough to live from day to day, to get another jobs and wait teo weeks for a paycheck. How do you pay for food for that interim two weeks? Many taxi drivers find that they are “trapped” in the job. The only solution, as Saleem has pointed out, is to work longer hours. And he’s already up to 12 hr days, seven days a week. When taxi drivers are forced to drive that many hours or more just to survive, they can’t be driving safely. Exhaustion is simply not conducive to safe driving, regardless of one’s level of experience. The regulating body’s solution is always to instill special or higher fines for taxi drivers, which is more money out of their pockets, necessitating even more danger on the roads.

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