No Dogs! No Drinks! Or, No Service! (Trees And Things)

lovehate: Re: No Dogs! No Drinks! Or, No Service!

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:31:53 EST

I'm in favor of the proposal to flag the cars that won't serve passengers with animals or alcohol. That way, in the event that I ever travel to the Twin Cities, I can avoid these cabs whether or not I'm carrying something they object to. T

thefadd: Re: No brainer

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:02:28 EST

In theory (and maybe even in practice) I like your concept. But even the free market isn't always so simple. I don't know if the practice still exists or they managed to clean it up somehow but there was some taxi controversy at the Los Cabos airport in th

wetkarma: Re: Can you expand on that?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:29:01 EST

I wasn't aware that Somali's had a monopoly on servicing the airport.

According to the Star Tribune roughly 3/4 of the 900 taxi cab drivers at the airport are Somali.

AI: Can you expand on that?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:09:53 EST
I wasn't aware that Somali's had a monopoly on servicing the airport.
And also I don't see why they would willing give up such a monopoly.

AI: Don't travel much?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:06:01 EST
Also, I don't ride in taxis often, but from what I've seen the regulation of taxi cabs has not been a huge success in producing clean, safe, taxi rides at fair prices.
Trying going to Lima, Peru and just hopping in one of the available cabs. We h

wetkarma: Re: How would they know?

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:43:54 EST
If they are being picked up at the airport the odds are we're talking about duty free alcohol. Dutry free alcohol comes in well labeled boxes/bags that are easy to identify.
The issue is a problem primarily because most cab drivers at this airport are S

profwhat: Re: No brainer

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:56:57 EST
Licensing drivers is different from restricting supply. If you give any qualified driver a license, fine; but if you artificially lower the number of drivers to keep fares high with a "medallion" system or a system that restricts which taxi companies

port1080: Re: No brainer

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:36:28 EST
scrap the whole system of licensed taxicabs and let the free market take care of it...
The problem, of course, is that there's a good reason we license taxi drivers. As a customer looking for a cab, you have no idea if the taxi is well mainta

profwhat: Re: No brainer

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:23:17 EST
The atheist in me wants to tell these drivers to go to hell, but the libertarian in me wants to tell them to enter into only contracts that they choose.
So here is how I will satisfy both: Rather than force Muslim cab drivers to do somethin

port1080: No brainer

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:54:29 EST
If you are providing a licensed public service (which taxi drivers are) then you should be required to serve the entire public, period, end of story. We limit and regulate the number and amount of taxi drivers to make sure that they are providing a safe s

Lou: How would they know?

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:19:46 EST
Ok...it's kind of hard to hide a dog or a cat...unless you have one of those Paris Hilton Rat Dogs that can ride around in your purse. But what about alcohol? Do people get into cabs and loudly say, "Hey Abu! I have a fifth of JD in my ca