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eric blair on November 14, 2008 - 9:47am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Sometimes people post about 'look at this car sharing idea via cell phones' or other jitney cab thinking.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081112/1845132812.shtml#comments

TechCrunch points us to the news that the Ontario transportation board has sided with the bus company and fined PickupPal. It's also established a bunch of draconian rules that any user in Ontario must follow if it uses the service -- including no crossing of municipal boundaries -- meaning the service is only good within any particular city's limits.

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garyp on November 14, 2008 - 10:10am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The lesson is, move your base of operations offshore to prevent vested interests from attacking you directly.

I hear from Halliburton that Dubai is quite good.

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eric blair on November 14, 2008 - 10:27am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

move your base of operations

Errr, the cars moving the people are the ones in violation.

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garyp on November 14, 2008 - 11:10am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Individuals agreeing between themselves would be virtually impossible to stop. Thus the bus company went after the company organising the service and putting people in touch, which is what you offshore.

Of course what really needs to happen is those in the bus company, together with their supporters in the red tape brigade, need to be nailed to the wall for taking such selfish action against the public good. Not holding my breath on that one.

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Dryki on November 14, 2008 - 12:47pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

What would Rosa Parks do?

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Geckolizard on November 14, 2008 - 1:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

If she lived in 2009? Probably walk because the bus was repossessed.

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Geckolizard on November 14, 2008 - 11:06am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The lesson is, move your base of operations offshore to prevent vested interests from attacking you directly.

I hear from Halliburton that Dubai is quite good.

I think things would be pretty bad if the job of bus driver is offshored. Not that it would be impossible... I think with a wifi connection, some webcams, and computer control of the vehicle someone could drive a vehicle from halfway around the world.

Fantasy?

The government has been doing this kind of thing for quite a while.

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super390 on November 14, 2008 - 2:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Apply the technology from our Predator killer robots in Afghanistan to our city buses?

Does that mean that every now and then a Metro bus accidentally wipes out an entire wedding party?

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