Comments on: Taxi cab cameras in Ottawa cabs are a good thing

By: gordon.dewis.ca | Taxi cameras revisited

gordon.dewis.ca | Taxi cameras revisited — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:26:42 +0000

[...] a year ago, I wrote a couple of entries about taxi drivers who were whining complaining about having to pay to have cameras [...]

By: gordon.dewis.ca | Taxi cameras: Do the math

gordon.dewis.ca | Taxi cameras: Do the math — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:19:48 +0000

[...] been suggested in a comment on my other entry that perhaps the taxi drivers have spent the money they’ve been collecting that was [...]

By: Squid

Squid — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:12:34 +0000

I’m quite convinced that a big part of the issue really is “we spent all the money we’re supposed to be saving from the surcharge, so now the camera cost will be a burden”.

By: gordon

gordon — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:58:09 +0000

Heh… You’re right. But, I don’t think it’ll come to that. Both the city and the largest cab operator in Ottawa are on record as supporting cameras and I haven’t read anything to suggest the city would change their mind on this. O’Brien was quoted as basically saying cab drivers can comply or lose their license. Given the cost of a taxi license, I think you’ll see cameras starting to appear in taxis.

By: Squid

Squid — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:46:49 +0000

You want to see them freak? If the city decides not to go with the cameras, logic would dictate the cab drivers will have to pay back the surcharge they’ve been collecting. Then the union will go ballistic about how unfair that is.