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NYC Cabbies Say No to onboard GPS
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on Tuesday October 04, @10:44AM
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from the don't-see-how-great-I-drive dept.
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InformationWeek has a small article about taxis in NYC refusing to use GPS. From the article: Drivers say they don't want to be tracked and do not need the expense (estimates range from $3,000 to $5,000 per vehicle) of installation. They also claim the devices could be used to monitor speeding and other activities, violating their rights.
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Bad sales job
(Score:1)$3 to $5k? Wow. I guess that includes a lot of softare.
Had it been up to me, I would have explained how that could help dispatch get them more calls per day. An extra $10 should not be hard to squeeze out of this technology, and the whole thing would pay for itself very fast.
Cabbies should be entitled to turn that thing off so they have their privacy. Let's face it though, they are proud that they have the "know", and don't want to be told a computer can route more efficiently than they.