New York is finally getting rid of those annoying taxi TVs

The Taxi and Limousine Commission voted unanimously this morning to test new technology to replace the blaring television screens that have been annoying drivers and passengers for years.

Reports of Taxi TV’s death are greatly exaggerated.

As a result of the complaints, as well as fears that the screens would make customers choose other taxi services, the TLC is now searching for new technologies that will replace the current TPEP.

Four technology companies have been selected to develop the new metering systems. “Enlightenment comes to the TLC at a speed slightly greater than the speed of evolution”.

Via NY1, passengers in these cabs will now pay on a separate device with a credit card reader, and watch their Snapchats/furtively bang/stare out the window at hundreds of people they’ll never talk to in peace.

“It is definitely something that over time could probably, and does, get irritating for our frequent taxi riders, and most certainly for our drivers”, Meera Joshi, the current taxi commissioner, told the New York Times.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a one-year pilot program on Thursday to test new meter and payment systems in up to 1,000 taxis. They’re also a loud, in stark contrast to the riding experience with Uber, which is taking millions of rides away from yellow cabs.

New York City edged closer to the end of auto-playing video in taxi cabs on Thursday when officials voted to explore replacements for the backseat screens.