User:Midnight606

Taxi partition use mandates[[Media:New York Times Jan. 30, 1969]] and viability of use of partitions in taxis has been debated[[Media:Taxi List Forum]] for decades.

Questions of 'automobile partition use viability', in taxi applications, are not the same as in other applications such as police cars, utility vans and limousines. It is only in the 'taxi' application of partition use - where the partition is expected to address threats from criminally armed rear seat occupants. In both the taxi and police car applications, partitions can inhibit physical contact.

Unfortunately, for cab drivers, the taxi application involves an additional reasonable expectation - that the rear seat occupant may always have firearmed access to the front seat drivers' compartment through a windshield, most partitions or either of the two front side windows.

Fortunately, for police officers, in the police car application, suspects are first 'disarmed', before being seated in the police car.

Compliance with Federal Standards On June 22, 1984 Th USDOT issued letters of warning to partition manufacturers. [[Media:C:\users\steven crowell\documents\research documents\comments from officials\usdot]] They also wrote to people who regulate and enforce taxi equipment mandates [[Media:C:\users\steven crowell\documents\research documents\comments from officials\usdot]].