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Taking Liberties: Tracking Taxis

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    Is requiring GPS going too far?

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GPS bell is also great if you want to locate where your going but what if the government wanted to use your GPS to locate you.

Every minute of every day.

That's because -- all -- these people are following him.

Doesn't mean he's paranoid.

They're not only monitoring you they're tracking your every movement -- and that's terribly.

-- -- has been driving a cab in New York City since 1988.

You came to the US from Poland and you were told we value freedom in America yes and I kind of freedom but this is not freedom well.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Meaning polling during communism for years the taxi and limousine commission have required all cabbies here to install something like this.

It's -- global positioning system that monitors their movements every second.

While they're at work.

Other industries like trucking transit and telecommunications.

Also use GPS to track workers.

-- attorney Dan Ackerman has now suing the TLC.

For violating the cabins right to privacy the Supreme Court has recently decided to this -- can't put a device in your card used to rally around.

Not so fast says this -- which says taxi drivers need to be constantly watched.

-- attacked the public.

And this search and seizure expert agrees.

-- -- to be able to monitor.

How fast they're going what routes they're taking it will increase safety will be less accidents to PLC says monitoring taxis will enhance public safety.

What do you think the president -- public safety -- GPS.

Advice -- your hardest to stop that people crashing the car.

He's in his first they're gonna monitor cab drivers -- predicts they're gonna come after everyone else.

That's it from here bill back to you know they'll put it my card Douglas -- -- -- -- not for a mile or put.