GPS in taxi cabs in Broward County

how long it takes for govt busybodies to insist everyone must have one of these "for public safety"?

The article plainly states "John Camillo, president and CEO of B&L Service Inc., which operates Yellow Cab of Broward County, said the protests originated from two drivers who became unhappy after the company installed DriveCam technology in all 547 of its cars.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/27/3257765/cab-drivers-st...

So how can you say this is something the government wants?

govt was behind this installation. My point is that eventually intrusive govt will want to force everyone down this path....

are installed for 2 reasons. The first was in the story and that is to catch and document bad driving. The second is for liability protection in an accident. The video captured by the unit shows what was happening in a 10 second window on each side of the event that triggered the unit. Very helpful in determining liability as the same technology is used for those red light cameras.

My bet is that you will never find in your lifetime that any government entity in America (federal, state or local) insists that everyone must have one of these.

I do bet that many private enterprises that operate fleets of vehicles will install them - as it makes sense from a liability standpoint.

unfortunately I don't have a similar faith in our overbearing federal bureaucracy.

I'm sure every one of us can recount a cab ride horror story where our safety was put at risk by a very bad cab driver. There are many drivers who make a career of cab driving, but there are far too many 'rookies' out there who endanger their passengers on a daily basis. I'm surprised that there isn't a rear-facing camera to help cut down on cabbies getting robbed. In this instance, it's clear that the business owner has calculated that the expense of this technology is less than the cost of inevitable lawsuits that he had to pay.

The article makes it sound like the business is being too strict on the drivers, and maybe it is. We're only hearing one side, of course. Any any of us who have had one - or many - 'rides of terror' in a cab will suspect that the innocent cabbies who are complaining may not actually be all that 'innocent' when it comes to their driving style and passenger safety.

I doubt that we will see any follow-up on this but I would like to know more about the driver who apparently did hard braking - claiming that he was avoiding a possible accident - and got disciplined as a result. Absent other data which would have us concluding that this particular driver had such events all the time, it just raised questions in my mind.

I don't often take a cab, but the times I have, the cab drivers usually scared me to death.

I understand their motivation - they want to get me to my destination and quickly get another fare. I have often been tempted to offer a bigger tip if they would just slow down

Ran across this article
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/21/city-adopts-strategie...

Chicago can now use RLC infractions when renewing license for their cab drivers.