Monday, May 08, 2006
N.Y.: City Says Cabs Powered by Legs Must Be Regulated, Too
From the New York Times:
The proposal, drafted by the Department of Consumer Affairs over several months and presented to the City Council on Friday, would require pedicab owners to pay a $125 licensing fee each year, and $70 for each additional cab, and to carry an insurance policy covering up to $1 million in liability.
Each pedicab would be limited to two adult passengers with one child 3 or younger. Each vehicle would have to have water-resistant hydraulic or mechanical brakes, emergency brakes, battery-powered headlights and taillights, turn lights, reflectors, side-mounted rear view mirrors and passenger seat belts. The pedicabs would be prohibited in parks, on bridges and in tunnels. Owners and drivers who violate the rules could have their licenses suspended or revoked, face fines of $200 to $4,000, and have their vehicles seized.
Wonder if anyone considered just regulating pedicabs for some (reasonable) degree of safety and insurance, and leaving it at that? Next thing to be required will be a taximeter, no doubt. Wonder if a slow pedicab driver would earn higher fares that way?
These vehicles seem (to me) to be highly appropriate in parks - why would they be banned from city parks?
The proposal, drafted by the Department of Consumer Affairs over several months and presented to the City Council on Friday, would require pedicab owners to pay a $125 licensing fee each year, and $70 for each additional cab, and to carry an insurance policy covering up to $1 million in liability.
Each pedicab would be limited to two adult passengers with one child 3 or younger. Each vehicle would have to have water-resistant hydraulic or mechanical brakes, emergency brakes, battery-powered headlights and taillights, turn lights, reflectors, side-mounted rear view mirrors and passenger seat belts. The pedicabs would be prohibited in parks, on bridges and in tunnels. Owners and drivers who violate the rules could have their licenses suspended or revoked, face fines of $200 to $4,000, and have their vehicles seized.
Wonder if anyone considered just regulating pedicabs for some (reasonable) degree of safety and insurance, and leaving it at that? Next thing to be required will be a taximeter, no doubt. Wonder if a slow pedicab driver would earn higher fares that way?
These vehicles seem (to me) to be highly appropriate in parks - why would they be banned from city parks?
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>>>These vehicles seem (to me) to be highly appropriate in parks - why would they be banned from city parks?<<<<
The horse carriages owners are complaining and want the pedicabs removed from the park.
The horse carriages don't have lights, emergency brakes or seat belts yet the pedicabs are going to be required?
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The horse carriages owners are complaining and want the pedicabs removed from the park.
The horse carriages don't have lights, emergency brakes or seat belts yet the pedicabs are going to be required?
