Originally Posted by
on22cz
What am I missing here with the whole taxi thing?
- What happens to every driver after a ride? I suppose they should be quarantined after trip 1, because if they treat incoming passengers as infectious, they cannot keep the driver serving public afterwards.
- Now after a trip across the whole Finland, the driver probably makes reasonable money, possibly also gets compensated even better for such a trip to cover hotel accommodation and meals. But how many people can this driver potentially infect on the way compared to what could have theoretically happen if a passenger was let onto a domestic connection? And what happens if the driver serves just a short ride, and then is send home for 2 weeks?
1. Nothing. They continue their life as usual. This applies to all transfers by Kela also. Fun fact: drivers aren't informed beforehand (or never unless passenger tells you) when driving corona infected or suspects. Also by Kela rules driver is not allowed to turn down offered jobs even if passenger has confirmed infection. Driving confirmed cases does not send you into quarantine either.
2. Taxi company is paid only by the standard fare. Meter runs during the breaks on the way there but does not compensate in any way the need to rest before return. People have been napping in car, stopping for rest at friends or relatives. It's up to the entrepreneur to offer any accommodation for the driver. And no, it's not standard to offer that or even meal allowance.
Also fun fact. There's 2 individuals arriving on flight and both are headed to Rovaniemi. Instead of putting them on shared taxi they both get their own. Double the cost but same amount of potentially infected.
Source: I'm quite close to the trade