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I wonder if New York cabbies use a Blackberry GPS in their personal lives? They certainly don't care for them in their cabs!
My wife and I flew to New York and took a cab to Yankee Stadium to see a baseball game. Our cab had no clue where Yankee stadium was and proceeded to ask for directions twice - so I pulled out my Blackberry GPS and got us to the stadium!
New York is a very complex city but cabbies don't want touch screen GPS units. Instead they would rather strike in protest for 48 hours on Sept 5.
"The New York Taxi Workers Alliance -- which accounts for more than 8,000 city drivers -- is threatening to curb their cabs on Sept. 5 if the Taxi and Limousine Commission does not get rid of their GPS system, which the union says invades a driver's privacy."
"Both sides agree the Taxi & Limousine Commission uses satellite GPS technology to track everywhere a taxi cab goes and keeps a log of that information. The dispute is over how that information will be used and just who will have access to it."
Does anyone think that the customer should enter the equation? How many times do we sit frustrated in the back of the cab because of traffic or a cabbie's poor navigation skills. Get with the century cabbies GPS' will benefit patrons and cabbies a like.
You can view more details here or the news video here.
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If you want a BLACKBERRY GPS devices to navigate from the back of a taxi, you can click here to see pricing for them.
Matt
