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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by jroblak on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @05:58PM (#17719873)
Every single one of those things is illegal, and can be reported.
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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:01PM (#17719906)
> Every single one of those things is illegal, and can be reported

Yet they're still common. I've reported them, and occasionally there's a fine, but at a certain point the cost of constantly reporting outweighs the benefit. It doesn't help that the TLC is a political position with the same financial conflicts of interests as the City Councilman who presented this bill [1].

[1] https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/taxi-committee-head-got-thousa...

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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by deltaeerie on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:04PM (#17719922)
Yeah buddy, no one does illegal things! That'd be illegal!
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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by zethraeus on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:01PM (#17719899)
and yet they continue to happen. does that give you pause as to the effectiveness of enforcement?
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Re:Uber Hit with Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown by jroblak on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:03PM (#17719918)
Both of these are arguments for more regulation and enforcement, not less.
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