http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798 One Man's Rather Vocal and Pointed Opinion Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798&cpage=1#comment-240 Steven Crowell Sat, 15 May 2010 10:18:22 +0000 http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798#comment-240 What's up with the TLC's Taxi Of Tomorrow venture? Very few contributors seem to know about the forums there. What’s up with the TLC’s Taxi Of Tomorrow venture? Very few contributors seem to know about the forums there.

]]> http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798&cpage=1#comment-239 Steven Crowell Sat, 15 May 2010 10:15:57 +0000 http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798#comment-239 Is the requirement for a partition installation waived if there is "other" equipment like a camera? Will we be unable to ascertain, or be certain that the cab did or did not have a partition when we read of a collision with injuries? The knucklehead reporters rarely make a distinction between livery and taxi issues. It really muddies the water for those seeking to quantify the extent of the partition injury/death count. I understood that partition rqs. were waived for vehicles with side airbags. Is that correct? Is the requirement for a partition installation waived if there is “other” equipment like a camera? Will we be unable to ascertain, or be certain that the cab did or did not have a partition when we read of a collision with injuries? The knucklehead reporters rarely make a distinction between livery and taxi issues. It really muddies the water for those seeking to quantify the extent of the partition injury/death count. I understood that partition rqs. were waived for vehicles with side airbags. Is that correct?

]]> http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798&cpage=1#comment-180 Steven Crowell Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:13:36 +0000 http://www.taxiblog.com/blog/?p=798#comment-180 I wish you luck in trimming back the arbitrary, capricious, self-serving, vindictive nature of the TLC. I really hoped the Hybrid mandate would be shot down because of partition illegalities. Alas, it was the fuel economy-rule aspect that seems to be doing in the initiative. I see the former head of the TLC is concerned that placing the illegal partition a few inches further away suddenly, now, introduces a head impact risk that she didn't ever concede exists when it is a few inches further away. When her head is slamming into a partition at 30 MPH she won't see any difference in hitting the illegal partition surfaces in 4 milliseconds versus 6 milliseconds. How mandatory are partitions in NYC cabs these days? How universal is the rule? I wish you luck in trimming back the arbitrary, capricious, self-serving, vindictive nature of the TLC. I really hoped the Hybrid mandate would be shot down because of partition illegalities. Alas, it was the fuel economy-rule aspect that seems to be doing in the initiative. I see the former head of the TLC is concerned that placing the illegal partition a few inches further away suddenly, now, introduces a head impact risk that she didn’t ever concede exists when it is a few inches further away. When her head is slamming into a partition at 30 MPH she won’t see any difference in hitting the illegal partition surfaces in 4 milliseconds versus 6 milliseconds. How mandatory are partitions in NYC cabs these days? How universal is the rule?

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