> Every single one of those things is illegal, and can be reported

Yet they're still common. I've reported them, and occasionally there's a fine, but at a certain point the cost of constantly reporting outweighs the benefit. It doesn't help that the TLC is a political position with the same financial conflicts of interests as the City Councilman who presented this bill [1].

[1] https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/taxi-committee-head-got-thousa...

Yeah buddy, no one does illegal things! That'd be illegal!

and yet they continue to happen. does that give you pause as to the effectiveness of enforcement?

Both of these are arguments for more regulation and enforcement, not less.