I think we all remember when I spoke about the Taxi drivers who were getting pissy about GPS units in their cabs and how it was a invasion of their "privacy".
Well, now they are threatening to strike.
But there are two major Taxi driver organizations that are disagreeing about even that.
"We are ready to strike," Bhairavi Desai, co-founder and organizer of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, announced during a news conference.
"There will be no strike. Read my lips: there will be no strike," said Fernando Mateo of the New York Federation of Taxi Drivers.
However, it's Mr. Fernando Mateo who's correct about this issue.
"When we need to fight, we fight. When we need to say thank you, we say thank you. But we don't have to be radicals about privacy in a cab. If you want privacy, you don't drive a cab," says Mateo.
Sources within the TLC and individual taxi drivers tell CBS 2 that the GPS fears have nothing to do with privacy and everything to do with money. Many drivers fear the IRS will use the data to audit drivers and alert the INS about illegal immigrants driving cabs.
The income bit, I can kind of understand, but the INS bit I don't care about and even encourage. However, I'd like to know how knowing the location of a taxi is going to help the INS discover who's an illegal immigrant.
Are GPS units that advanced now that they know the immigration status of every driver now? If so, I'd gladly hand out GPS units to everyone who crosses the border. :)
Travis
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