To put on my charitable hat for a minute ...<p>I assume the reason for this law is part of an attempt to distinguish call-a-ride services (that can&#x27;t accept line-of-sight street hails) from taxis (which can).<p>The fear would then be that someone doing the former can do some of the nuisance stuff associated with the latter, but without passing the appropriate regulatory hurdles -- i.e., they might cruise around hoping to be near a ride, which medallion limits exist to prevent.<p>Even then, I would think regulators would adapt this kind of thing to a world where a call-a-ride car is <i>very likely</i> to be near a person who specifically asks for them.  At the very least, they should change it to something like, &quot;you have to be pulled over when looking for rides&quot;.<p>(Admittedly, that&#x27;s all speculation.)