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ikaris · 02-14-2009, 05:01 PM

Could somebody please explain to me why there are any limits at all to the number of permits? Seems quite communist to me.

EDIT: On a sidenote, sometimes I happen to work at an office building that houses the Livery Transport Servicves office and they often hold training seminars for new cab drivers. One day when I was walking by I overheard some advice being given by the instructor regarding customers that want to solicit prostitutes.

The suggestion was that while it is illegal for the cab driver to allow the customer to solicit the prostitute while in the cab, the cab driver could allow the customer to get out of the cab, solicit the prostitute, and then both get back in the cab in order to get around this. I had a pretty good laugh about that with my co-workers.

02-14-2009, 05:01 PM	#20
ikaris First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2006 Exp:	Could somebody please explain to me why there are any limits at all to the number of permits? Seems quite communist to me. EDIT: On a sidenote, sometimes I happen to work at an office building that houses the Livery Transport Servicves office and they often hold training seminars for new cab drivers. One day when I was walking by I overheard some advice being given by the instructor regarding customers that want to solicit prostitutes. The suggestion was that while it is illegal for the cab driver to allow the customer to solicit the prostitute while in the cab, the cab driver could allow the customer to get out of the cab, solicit the prostitute, and then both get back in the cab in order to get around this. I had a pretty good laugh about that with my co-workers. Last edited by ikaris; 02-14-2009 at 05:09 PM.