Why NY cabbies don’t want a GPS
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I have mixed feeling again… The stories of New York taxi drivers going on strike because they do not want to to install a gps in their cabs got my attention. I was wondering what all the fuss was about. But there is more than the headers of the stories go…
I think the cabdrivers have the right to be upset (they always have ‘the right‘ of course), I think. It isn’t just a gps unit so that clients can see where they are going.
We’re talking about:
- 24-hour tracking GPS
- text messaging boxes
- credit card readers
- back-seat television monitors with TV show clips, weather, news and public service announcements
The cab drivers must make costs between 3000 to 5000 US dollar (!) for installing it and can count on a monthly price tag of about $50 for the cellular data service they need to use. Did I forget the 3% credit card transaction costs?
So we are not talking just a gps unit here, but a big brother homecinema set with location tracking and credit card. Engadget shows us the systems.
Personally, I think they are right. But who am I?
Just a GPS lover…
