Of course, there is always the possibility of an illegal driver, owner-operator, shipper, or transportation company without conscience, insurance, or assets from which to collect a judgment.
"The cars provide an economic win for the drivers, owners and for the city," Mr. Nislick said.
Lately, however, Mr. Goldstein said, he has felt the same economic squeeze suffered by drivers, owners and renters, alike.
He was elected by a 47-member selection committee made up of Nascar officials, track owners, car manufacturers, news media representatives and former drivers, owners and crew chiefs.
But for the contingent of drivers, owners and engineers who celebrated the G2's return to Pebble Beach after a 59-year hiatus, the car was a conduit to a heady time in California motorsports history.
When our cars become networked up, will it be the drivers, owners or manufacturers who own the data they generate?
Five top vote-getters of 25 nominated drivers, owners and wrenches will be honored in the sport's multi-zillion dollar Hall of Fame being built in Charlotte, NC.
The plaintiffs — which include taxi drivers, owners, and companies that help finance the purchasing of medallions and lease yellow cabs to drivers — say this has driven down the value of the required medallions by 40percentt from a peak exceeding $1 million.
Mr. F. says that fleet owners & driver-owners have "conflicting interests," but that the ECT will have 100% cooperation from the industry.
Many livery drivers -- especially the driver-owners, who have less money than the livery companies -- have resisted protective measures because of the cost.
The different requirements for the two groups, said Allan J. Fromberg, a spokesman for the taxi commission, came about because many individual driver-owners also use their livery cars as family cars, and the commission decided that requiring a partition would have burdened them unfairly.
