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Re:The 144 Million Dollar Button by adgar on Sunday May 13, 2012 @08:09AM (#3966789)
> The law also gives the guy a monopoly on selling taxi services, so it's hard to have much sympathy.

Sort of - the law gives the guy a monopoly on picking up street passengers. But again, these laws are broken often - livery drivers will still pick you up sometimes, depending on where you are. Definitely not in front of Grand Central, though.

Re:The 144 Million Dollar Button by DannoHung on Sunday May 13, 2012 @09:26AM (#3966933)
Yeah, never ever ever get in a Livery cab though without pre-negotiating a price. I made that mistake once.