Strike? No. Lawsuit? Yes: NYC Taxi Cab Drivers Sue NYC Taxi And Limousine Commission Over GPS.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about “The Great NYC Taxi Strike of 2007,” and later, indirectly, about the impact of credit cards on taxi drivers. Well, strike they did, but, since less than half (some say less than a quarter) of the drivers actually stayed home, the impact was minimal. Now to Plan B.

Today we learn that the taxi drivers must have gotten some good advice. New York City taxi cab drivers, including the Taxi Workers Alliance are suing the City of New York over the required installation of GPS devices in all taxis. They claim “the GPS devices — which track taxi movements — will give away driving patterns.” What exactly are these “proprietary” driving patterns? Usually, for me it would mean being driven to Greenwich Street instead of Greenwich Avenue (despite making which Greenwich I wanted very clear.) Reportedly, however, the proprietary driving patterns are “routes of their own design that they believe lead to the most lucrative fares.”

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