LIMOBSCENITIES: If you are easily offended, then DON'T CLICK HERE. Avis has circulated what the chauffeured transportation industry would consider porn. It's set off a massive chain-reaction e-mail flare-up among major operators nationwide and key people connected to the NLA and LCT Magazine.
The Avis/We Drive U transportation travesty has the potential to remake the face of chauffeured transportation in America -- and not for the better. What the whole issue demonstrates is the absurdity of excessive government regulation. When there are too many stupid, costly rules to follow, there is not only confusion and reticence about how to enforce them consistently, but more incentive to avoid them altogether. Hence, the presence of illegal operators and the faux-quasi-poser chauffeur service called Avis We Drive U. The regulation-exempted Avis operations are as potentially damaging to this industry as the union-driven card check legislation. Avis either needs to follow the same rules, or the rules should be thrown out for everyone. It's all the more reason for operators to stay connected, stay on the offensive, and of course, JOIN THE NLA AND COME TO THE INTERNATIONAL LCT SHOW next month -- now, more than ever, your livelihood depends on it. -- M.R.
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