> But why require every car to have this bulky fixed function meter device when a smartphone app can do the job just as well?
Can it? How can us be certain that the smartphone is actually the one that was in the car when the rate was approved? How does "fixed rate advertised on the outside of the car" match up with ubers surge pricing? Why does a rule that the majority of the population evidently feels comfortable with need to be disrupted?
I don't think disruption is necessarily a good thing. It can be, but it also can bring a ton of negative results.
"Just as well" in all factors? What's the audit trail for smartphone app? Can modifications to the app be detected, or the app replaced with a real-looking fake app which favors the driver? Might the driver have two smart phones, one with real app and another with a fake app, and choose one based on the likelihood of not being caught?
Those scenarios are much harder to pull off with a "bulky fixed function meter device" designed to be inspectable.
Why replace something that works and can be systematically verified for something that will lead to all kinds of complications and may be outdated in 5 years?
Sometimes something that just works doesn't need to be disrupted.
Can it? How can us be certain that the smartphone is actually the one that was in the car when the rate was approved? How does "fixed rate advertised on the outside of the car" match up with ubers surge pricing? Why does a rule that the majority of the population evidently feels comfortable with need to be disrupted?
I don't think disruption is necessarily a good thing. It can be, but it also can bring a ton of negative results.