Steven Greenhut Says Let’s Ban Taxis

A
search of “taxi” and “car crashes” will reveal a long list of
troubling news stories. In San Francisco last year, an Ohio
couple died after a cab with bad brakes slammed into a
concrete pillar. A year earlier there, a taxi driver who
caused a deadly crash was identified as a man convicted in a
notorious murder case, yet he passed the background checks.
Normally, I would say this, sadly, is part of life. Driving is an
inherently dangerous activity and despite a litany of state and
local taxicab, driving, insurance, and other regulations, there’s
no way to make the world perfectly safe. But now my conclusion is
different: The only solution to the taxi-safety problem is to ban
all taxicabs from the roadways. Steven Greenhut admits he’s being
tongue-in-cheek, but he’s only using the same logic the cab
companies have used to stamp out rideshare services. 

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