{"id":2840,"date":"2007-10-04T08:19:37","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T16:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/10\/stick_to_the_privacy_issues_which_are_slightly_more_believable.html"},"modified":"2007-10-04T08:19:37","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T16:19:37","slug":"stick_to_the_pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/10\/stick_to_the_pr.html","title":{"rendered":"Stick To The Privacy Issues, Which Are Slightly More Believable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ny.metro.us\/metro\/local\/article\/Burned_by_GPS\/10215.html\">Nice try<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A burning cab ignited controversy yesterday when the Taxi Workers Alliance claimed a newly installed GPS system started the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>But taxi authorities and independent mechanics disputed the claim, arguing that it was all but impossible for a properly installed system to catch fire.<\/p>\n<p>The cab fire &#8212; the third in Manhattan in as many weeks &#8212; happened at around 2 p.m. It was caused by what appeared to be a burned-out alternator. At the scene, both the the driver and an Alliance representative pointed the finger at a GPS system installed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It started smoking, I could smell it, I could see it was flaming. This is going to cost me around $450 to fix,&#8221; said the driver, Samuel Asenso, 51. &#8220;GPS is an electrical system. The alternator controls all the electrical systems in the car. Whenever the cab is overloaded, the alternator catches on fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Alliance member Bill Lindauer was on the scene to direct reporters around the stricken vehicle. He said he would reserve final judgement until the car was inspected by a mechanic, but firmly believed the GPS system was responsible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the least reliable system ever invented by mankind,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There is a mass of self-delusion in the [Taxi &#038; Limousine Commission] running amok.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Backstory: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/there_you_go_ag.html\">There You Go Again<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice try: A burning cab ignited controversy yesterday when the Taxi Workers Alliance claimed a newly installed GPS system started the blaze. But taxi authorities and independent mechanics disputed the claim, arguing that it was all but impossible for a properly installed system to catch fire. The cab fire &#8212; the third in Manhattan in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-followed_by_a_perplexed_stroke_of_the_chin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}