On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:28:52AM -0800, Mizter T wrote:

I was thinking that the suggestion was perhaps to give both Taxi *and*
minicab drivers the ability to take payment by Oyster PAYG

They won't like that - think of the tips, most of which are "keep the
change" as opposed to "hmm, the bill's GBP7.40, so add 10% and make it
GBP8.14 my good man".

And there's nothing "shifty" about minicab drivers. Not, at least, if
you use a minicab instead of a random stranger touting for business on
the street illegally. If a minicab driver rips you off on your Oyster
card, well, you and TfL will know who it was, or at least which company
it was, and they'll be strongly incentivised not to do that.

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