Why do American Taxis have the big advertisements on top and Canadian Taxis dont. I always liked the Advertisement ones, with the big triangular top on it. Does Toronto have any of those?

It's a municipal responsibility for some reason and many Canadian cities bar them while American cities could care less.

Similar to billboard adverts along the highways in Canada and the US too, I would imagine. There's a lot less advertising, which makes the view a lot nicer, IMO.

I'd argue those are a road hazard, those kinds of adverts can be distracting to drivers.

I have the exact same problem with the television screen billboards along the gardner near the CNE and that one at Yonge/Dundas. They should be illegal and taken down immediately - they're not safe!

I don't know about taxis...but for ads on top of cars, it's hard to beat those giant sandwich boards on top of those old Chevy's that Mr Pongs has. LOL!

Or how about those truck things specifically build as travelling billboards that do nothing but just drive around streets.






KGB

Or how about those truck things specifically build as travelling billboards that do nothing but just drive around streets.

One of those parked in front of my house for an hour, advertising a grocery store :lol:

Here, taxis are white and yellow, and white and red. Not really taxi-looking, either. They aren't allowed to have ads, and none of them do. City busses have them, but they aren't very noticable, and usually out of date.

Or how about those truck things specifically build as travelling billboards that do nothing but just drive around streets.


I always though those were couriers?

Or how about those truck things specifically build as travelling billboards that do nothing but just drive around streets.






KGB

I love those things!! They serve no pratical purpose but it's they're just cool!

"I always though those were couriers? "


I don't know if you are thinking of the same ones....there are these flatbed vans that have either two-sided lighted billboards as the ass-end of the vans...or there are the 4-sided ones that actually revolve. That must be a very expensive way to have a billboard....buy or lease a truck...pay a driver...waste a shit-load of gas...and I don't think people pay much attention to them...and they aren't even interesting ads.

The best version of travelling ads is that music van...that stops at various locations and becomes a little portable music store...with the posters on the side of the van, and the back doors that become big speakers when they are open.






KGB

^Yeah, I'm thinking of the same trucks as you're talking about. I just simply thought that it would be very expensive to display ads on a truck that simply drives around and serves no other purpose, therefore I thought the truck drivers may do the same job as bike couriers, and (possibly) earn more money because they have huge ads on their trucks. I guess I was just trying to find some justification, but if their not couriers, they're a huge inhibitor to traffic and an unnecessary pollutant.

nice ads are cool. pretty girls, pretty beer, funny and nice.
they shoudl subsidize them!