It's Not Nearly Enough

Passengers in New York City's yellow taxis have been cheated by thousands of drivers who manipulated their meters to double the fare rate, officials said. 

Fifty nine of the worst alleged offenders were arrested but officials said the criminal cases represented the tip of the iceberg, and that up to 22 000 drivers were believed to have deployed the fare trick before the city took steps to stop the practice in the spring.  Forty five of the drivers arrested were charged with felony or scheming to defraud, while misdemeanour petty larceny cases have been lodged against another 14.

I loathe taxi drivers and hope they get banned for life, the miserable scrotes.  I also hope every city in every country audits their cabbies and comes down hard on them.

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