Originally Posted by
toomanybooks
Could someone explain to me the rationale behind this completely inane law?
Besides politicians getting paid off by city cab companies, of course.
What is inane about it? It's the law in pretty much any major city. Without it, why would any cab register in the city? They'd just all register in whatever suburb is cheap and the city would have no regulation powers whatsoever.
At least some of the suburbs have similar rules, though they generally allow the alliance companies like 303 and American to register some cabs but use them all. I know for a fact that American registers its cabs in numerous cities for that reason.