Re: Runners -- The Late Flag

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Subject: Re: Runners

Author:
jjsws

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Date Posted: 13:45:03 04/23/02 Tue
In reply to: Morbium 's message, "Runners" on 04:21:27 08/28/01 Tue

Sometimes it's just not worth it and even if you caught the person the cops in my town would take hours to come. Most times I know where its headed usually before I get to the destination and will turn off the meter a few blocks away and give the guy a deal. He will have the cash and pay me then or not. I have driven them back to where I got them.

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[> Subject: Re: Runners

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Alan Moore, Dallas Taxi Permit #27009
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Date Posted: 11:00:07 10/18/02 Fri

In Dallas, a cab driver is not permitted to chase down a runner...I did it once on my second night out two summers ago...I caught the kid, took him to his parent's apartment, and they promptly accused me of kidnapping their child and I almost got in some BIG trouble...all over a $12.40 fare on a Friday night when I could have been working...it wasted 3 hours of my time explaining to the cops that the kid was in my taxi and did not pay me. The police in Dallas will not even write a ticket to the person (failure to remit payment for services rendered, not even classified as a misdeameanor) unless the fare is over $20. The person may not be arrested unless the charges are over $500. By the time my meter could reach $500 I'd be state and a half away! And after all this, I still can't chase a fare. So I figure, unless it's completely dead business-wise, and the fare is under $20, I can do nothing. If I feel the passenger has no money, the city DOES allow me to ask for prepayment of the estimated fare. If the passenger does not wish to leave a deposit (usually $10 or $20 unless they're going far), I don't take them, they complain to the city, lie, and say they had money, and I get a complaint filed against my permit. *growls*