Regulating driver vehicle input choices in for-hire vehicles

A system for regulating a driver of a for-hire vehicle, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer readable medium storing instructions performing the steps of:
• receiving sensor data providing information related to a passenger's experience as a rider in a for-hire vehicle;
• determining a current qualitative value associated with the sensor data;
• and
• determining whether to execute an action based at least in part on the determined current qualitative value and one or more past qualitative values associated with the for hire vehicle, wherein the one or more past qualitative values have been determined based at least in part on received past sensor data.

A method of a regulating a driver of a for-hire vehicle comprising:

• receiving, by a computer system, a request for authorization to initiate a passenger fare from a for-hire vehicle meter installed in a for-hire vehicle;
• accessing, by the computer system, one or more driver input events associated with the for-hire vehicle, the one or more driver input events comprising an indication of readings from one or more sensors;
• determining, by the computer system, whether to authorize the for-hire vehicle meter based at least in part on the one or more driver input events;
• communicating, by the computer system, the authorization to the for-hire vehicle meter.