This story talks about London Black cabs, but the consultation is about private hire taxis. So the article is comparing disimilar things.<p>Uber's problems with the existing private hire regulations are the need for an agreed price before travel.<p>The proposed minimum wait time feels stupid. I'd be interested to see how that's justified.<p>The requirement for a fixed landline probably has some weak justification, but it feels like something that's rapidly approaching obsolesance.<p>I'm normally pretty anti-Uber, but the proposals in the article don't seem to focus on my priorities. (Which would be to stop taxi drivers from discriminating against people with disabilities).