| > You could probably have called him to come to the DMV You don't call people to come to the DMV. And you'd need a full plate to even consider such a thing. I don't think you know how the DMV works. Yellow Cab #21 and "Indian Driver with a Turban, maybe named Singh" narrows the search space down from a little over 10 million cars to just a couple hundred. If you don't understand that, I'm not really sure you should be participating in the conversation. > I don't know where you read that, because the company said he wasn't working for them anymore. So when companies fire employees, they immediately purge all records of them having ever been employed there? Again, if you don't understand how these things work, you probably should bow out. > It's called a license plate, every car has one, taxi or not. True, but "I think it was XCC-2something something something" is different than "white AAA Cab #12, driver's ID said "Chung"". Guess which one is more precise? And that's why people bother to put id numbers of separate from the license plate on most professional vehicles, from taxis to long haul trucks. You've never been curious why they do that? You've probably seen tens of thousands of marked vehicles and your conclusion is that it's just a waste of paint? Why bother? License plates. > In an unregulated system, people would have to stop relying on this implicit assumption and make better judgment calls. Instead of entering on random cars that happened to be painted with the right colors and marks, which is a terrible authentication system¹, they'd need other - better - systems, like using an app that can verify the driver status in real time and record the client's location - possibly even during the ride. You honestly need to bow out of the conversation because you're simply ignorant of the system that's being discussed. Once you learn about how unregulated taxis work, and how common they are the world over, and how they work, you can write a blog post and post it here and I guarantee I'll give you an upvote. Until then, you need to bow out of the discussion. |