[s73v3r]

"These regulations pre-dated the internet. "

That means absolutely nothing. People were capable of making decisions before the internet, you know.

"They existed in a time before information was easily shared and available. If I wanted to know how "Yellow Taxi Co" vetted its drivers in 1980, I would have needed to write letters and wait weeks for a response. That's not practical when I desperately need to get somewhere stat."

And even with the internet, verifying all of that, and making sure that it's accurate, up to date, and not just astroturfing isn't practical either.