In theory, drivers will then adjust their departure times and smooth out the flow of traffic through the day.

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Economic theory would now predict that taxi drivers make longer days when it is raining because then they make more money per hour.

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Secondly, Paul says SideCar supports a limit on revenue per year for drivers, which will ensure that people are using the service as ridesharing and in theory are only using the money donated by riders in order to pay for car expenses, not to make a profit in a taxi-type service.

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