Shanghai overhauls English taxi service for Expo

If you've seen stickers for an English speaking hotline and thought that was cool, you'll be blown away by the new dispatch system: press a button and be connected instantly to a translator. Cool, right? But perhaps better than the added service is the uniform regulations: all 100,000 or so taxi drivers have to dress in blue suits, white shirts and blue ties during the entire span of the expo. Having met many cab drivers we couldn't picture in a suit if we tried, we wonder how exactly the relevant authorities plan to enforce this one.