Given this morning's news on the city's response to Lyft, Sidecar, Uber, etc, my question should be in other words:
What if there was a standard government repoting service to costumers of ridesharing/taxi/for-hire/limo services, accessible online, at the tri-county or state level, that would be structured like this:
driver has the option, but not the obligation, to pay professional law enforcement, insurance company, vehicle mechanic, driver's licensing authority, driving educators, and disabilities workers, to provide information to the categories of criminal background, driving record, insurance coverage, vehicle condition, the type of license the driver holds, any further understanding of driving competency, and the amenability to certain disabilities, respectively. The professional who provides the information to the appropriate category of the driver & vehicle situation would have the exclusive ability to edit or remove the information submitted once they get paid, and a list of standard, sometimes very specific, questions could be formed as a guide to what information this professional may give on the driver/vehicle to the public view. Anyone but registered drivers of the site can comment on the quality, transparency, and reliability of the ride, in their own words, which may be published on the same site, and could have the ability to refer to the professional auditors of the driving service if they feel something should be improved. The professional can simply publicly deem the driver's service as adequate or not from each category. Other categories that have been expected (i.e. English skills, communication of payment circumstances) would be on the site, and if no information is provided on such qualities, that should be made clear. A portion of the money the driver would spend on paying these auditors would go towards the maintenance of the website.
Given all the probable pros and cons of this situation mentioned in the previous post, some things I haven't heard at past committee hearings on this issue, and if the probability and weight of each effect could be determined, could that be all the government needs to do with this market, being all cabs, for-hire services, limos, and ridesharing services? It seems like the only reason these are different markets, with services of different qualities, is from the structures the government has formed. Get over the tragedy of the previous investment cabs, for-hire, and limo services have made. How much would that cost?
