The Future Of Transportation - Hackneys

A local judge has ruled that drivers for Uber, the iPhone based limo company, would be allowed to have a clock on board, but not a calculating device. This is primary aimed at the use of the iPhone to calculate the fare, but:

"A luxury limousine may not contain a taxicab meter or other device for calculating any component of rates charged based upon time and mileage, other than a clock," states a proposed amendment from Administrative Law Judge Harris Adams.

The judges proposed rule making would forbid even the use of a pad of paper and a pencil by my reading. Since the iPhone is used to summon the vehicle, the ruling would remove that as well unless the calculator app was removed from the phone.

I guess if you're a member of the taxicab cartel, it's good to have a judge or two on retainers.