I live in a small town and whenever I call a taxi, they always stop and pick up other passengers on the way, making the total in the car sometimes 6, 7 to 8. One time an infant was placed in the middle of the front seat with no restraint and the cabbie said nothing. Tonight we went 20 miles out of our way, to the next town, to pick up someone else before they dropped us off. All the time charging each one fare for the trip. We are always squeezed in the backseat sharing the cab but not the fare. Is this illegal for the cab to be double faring or sometimes triple faring? Something just doesn't seem right about this whole thing. I thought when you called for a taxi, it would be up to us to make the decision of whether we stopped to get other passengers.... or at least the cab driver would ask us if we minded... but it's mandatory in this town. Tonight we were even told that we couldn't put our bags, (from Wal-Mart) in the backseat because he was stopping to get other passengers.??? HELP!
2007-03-23 16:30:05 · 2 answers · asked by Steve H 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
This is in Opelousas, LA by the way.
2007-03-23 16:34:34 · update #1
This is in Opelousas, LA by the way and Taylor's cab is the one doing this.
2007-03-23 16:35:33 · update #2
In small towns cabbies can pretty much do what they want. If there are city ordinances he would be in trouble. If he owns his cab outright it may make a difference too but you'd have to know how the thing works in your area. You could check at the city hall?
2007-03-23 18:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by MissWong 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually in cites they can not, but in suberban or rural areas they can.
2007-03-26 11:07:56 · answer #2 · answered by mrmoose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋