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Originally Posted by Amethyst
A class 4 license comes with a medical requirement. I want the vehicle I'm riding in to be safe, but I also want the driver to be safe (i.e. not have a medical condition). Same thing for the background check - I don't want to be alone in a car with someone who is a criminal. Yes, the Uber app could track things, but I'd rather prevent something from happening, than knowing who did it afterwards.
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In that case, you should want every driver of any vehicle in any class to take a medical...cause...you know...safety.
Its a hollow argument at best when you apply it to a regular car level. Yes we all want tanker truck drivers to avoid a heart attack while hauling thousands of litres of flammables. And same with cement trucks, dump trucks etc.
But getting a taxi driver to get a medical doesn't help anyone but the government coffers as there are literally hundreds of thousands of other drivers on the road that are not required to do the same....who are all driving exact same vehicles.
the city is hiding behind the veil of safety in their PR war against UBER, but the bottom line has nothing to do with keeping us safe. Its always about the money and this is no different.