Pilita Clark 20 September 2026 Published. Comments section mein jayen. Print this page.

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Yeh wo hissa hai jo dekhata hai din jab main driving karna band kar dunga lekin still driving se samarth hoon ta friends se milne, shopping karne ya bas bahar tool around karne ke liye driverless car summons kar sakti hoon. Main bhi us idea ko pasand karta hoon ki robotaxis privately owned cars ka use kam karein jo typically 90 percent se zyada parked rehte hain, city land ka ek teesra part hogate hain. Lekin London mein is mahine aaye robotaxis ek reminder hai ki nearly 15,000 black cab drivers aur unki 105,000 private-hire counterparts ke liye outlook behen biti hai.

Agar robots unki jobs le lein to unko mar jayega multe benefits jo logon ko always obvious nahi hote jo back seat mein baithte waqt dikhte hain. Yeh especially ek group ke liye sach hai: immigrants. Nayi duniya mein aane wale immigrants taxi drivers ke baare mein Europe aur North America ke deshon mein large share account karte hain.

Ye naye zindagi banaane ke saath paise kamane sab se tezi tareeqa hai. Sweden se ek recent study jahan se 60 percent se zyada taxi drivers foreign-born hain, usne diya ki immigrants ki maahana income 50 percent barh gaya likhne waale taxi driving pariksha par par ho ke. Same time, unki social welfare par dependency gir gaya.

Ye workers jo benefits le rahe the unki share 25 percent gir gaya baad qualifications par. Lekin taxi driving bhi immigrants ke liye important hai kyunki ye flexible work allow karta hai, days aur times jo suit karein. Bahut log naye desh mein aate waqt local language ki poor samajh aur employers readily recognise wali qualifications ke bina aate hain.

Driver bina fixed shifts ke study ya training karna bahut aasan hai ja office cleaner ya dishwasher jaise.