TaxiTech to install eTaxi systems in all New York cabs (Images)

If I was a millionaire…

I would have bought stocks in TaxiTech a few years ago and made a fortune. It appears that TaxiTech’s eTaxi systems will be put in all 13,000 New York cabs by the end of October.

TaxiTech has teamed up with hardware partners Apriva, Ingenico, and Grey Island Systems to offer the sleek looking 15-inch interactive touch screen system. Passengers are now able to entertain themselves during the ride with movie trailers, check out the menus at local restaurants or make sure the driver is not taking them the long route by following the ride on the GPS maps.

When these systems were installed in Philadelphia, taxi drivers went on strike. However, the systems were installed anyways. Almost all the drivers in New York do not want the systems installed either because they feel it’s an invasion of privacy.

The mandate requiring the systems to be installed by October has already been passed so there is not much point in New York’s cab drivers striking now.

Who ever bought stocks in this company was smart!

Check out this video of the eTaxi system.

[Source: Engadget]