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Quoted: A D.C. Cabbie's Predicament

Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post"THERE ARE MANY DRIVERS who have done the same thing that I have done. We have taken care of our families, put children through college, bought property and various other ventures that we would not have been able to do if we hadn't made driving our cab a business. Time-and-distance meters will take the opportunities away from the drivers."

— Stanley Tapscott, a cab driver and a D.C. Taxicab Commission member, testifying before the D.C. Council about the upcoming transition of D.C.'s cab fare structure from zones to time-and-distance meters.

As The Post's Sue Anne Pressley Montes reports, Tapscott accused "the powers at be" of using meters to reduce the number of cabs in the District, which boasts the largest number of taxis per capita anywhere in the nation.

» "Cabdrivers Tell of Financial Fears" [WaPo]

Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post

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COMMENTS (2)

  • But haven't you "taken care of our families, put children through college, bought property and various other ventures" by overcharging customers?

    By VAMOM , Posted February 27, 2008 12:37 PM

  • VAMOM, you got to it before I could. That's exactly it. He put his kids through college by shafting people and now thinks it's unfair that he can't shaft people anymore. Can't get those meters soon enough.

    By AUA , Posted February 28, 2008 7:00 AM
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