Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to...
by SilasX on Sunday August 21, 2016 @05:45PM
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Regulations typically distinguish taxis, which can pick up street hails, from car/bus/limo services, which are pre-arranged or pre-scheduled. Bus and limo drivers also "drive people for money" (and even for buses, sometimes charge by distance), but aren't subject to taxi regs.
And that's not an arbitrary distinction: much of the danger and public interest in cans arises from grabbing randos off the street. As car/limo services track that info remotely, they merit correspondingly less regulation.
Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to...
by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:52PM
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Ah, yes indeed, very good point, thanks for clearing that up for me.
taxi |ˈtaksi| noun ( pl. taxis ) a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter.
Uber is a taxi service. Uber _is_ licensed in the sense that they are allowed to operate.
Saying Uber isn't a taxi service is a load of dingos kidneys, in my arrogant opinion.