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New York City Cabs Could Get Cameras in Accident-Curbing Plan

East News • January 6, 2009
New York City plans to install digital cameras on the outside of cabs in an effort to detect reckless driving and deter auto accidents. But a taxi drivers' advocacy group says the technology would ...

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Subject: RE: whose accidents?

Posted On: January 6, 2009, 12:39 pm CST
Posted By: Dawn
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You ever ridden in a NY cab? OMG talk about kiss the ground when you got where you were going!!!! ;-)

Seriously, they do drive like lunatics. If you're going to be transportation for the public, there has to be some accountability. If they feel it is an invasion of their privacy, then make it that the camera turns on when they turn on the meter? They are transporting the general public, seems to me their privacy would be a non-issue.
If it's going to be voluntary, put some kind of notification that they have cameras- I'd probably be more inclined to use a cab driver that knows their driving is being monitored.
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They already have this show lastbat
Jan 7, 2009, 10:07 am
"Victim - Cam" - Thursday Nights at 9 on Fox? Geoff
Jan 6, 2009, 4:24 pm
RE: The Yellow Ones Dawn
Jan 6, 2009, 3:24 pm
"The yellow ones... Buddy the Elf
Jan 6, 2009, 3:21 pm
RE: whose accidents? Dawn
Jan 6, 2009, 12:39 pm
whose accidents? wudchuck
Jan 6, 2009, 11:41 am
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