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 Post subject: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:34 pm 
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From today's Cyprus Mail.

"The licensing authority has fined 83 taxi drivers close to €11,000 in the first eight months of the year for various offences including cheating, it was announced on Thursday.

According to the authority, the most frequent offences concerned failure to use a meter, cheating, improper behaviour towards transport department inspectors and passengers, and parking at non-designated areas, including bus stops.

One driver had his licence revoked for failure to use a meter and not wearing decent attire.

Cheating passengers fetched drivers fines ranging between €50 and €300 while failure to use a meter cost them between €50 and 400.

One even had their licence suspended for a month.

Drivers who did not behave properly to customers and inspectors were fined between €50 and €400.

Illegal parking was punished with fines between €50 and 250 while one got their licence suspended.

Thirteen drivers were fined €,250 after they failed to appear before the authority for their disciplinary process."


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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:57 pm 
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They think they are above the law , looks like they have been brought back down to earth..
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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:57 pm 
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This needs to be pursued constantly by the police, but will it be???

These reprobates are invariably the first face of Cyprus many visitors see, the CTO needs to start heeding that fact before it strumpets tourism numbers.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 6:59 pm 
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It would be interesting to know where these fines were levied. Is it across the island, or is it just one area where they have decided to enforce the rules.

I am sure I read somewhere that there are staff who mystery shop the taxis, which is presumably where it comes from.

Could this be another sign that the tide is starting to turn? Let's hope so.


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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:28 am 
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When I was working at the airport I saw the police and others stopping taxis on the airport road and in the airport, checking there paper work.
this quite happened a few times this year.


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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 1:54 pm 
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You state that they have been fined. BUT how many of the fines were actually paid? According to statistics only 40% of motoring fines are actually paid!!!!!!


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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:13 pm 
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George wrote:
This needs to be pursued constantly by the police, but will it be???

These reprobates are invariably the first face of Cyprus many visitors see, the CTO needs to start heeding that fact before it strumpets tourism numbers.


Absolutely correct George. They do not give a good first impression.
Also George, good to see you posting again. :bearhug


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 Post subject: Re: Taxi Drivers Fined!
PostPosted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:10 pm 
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Let's hope they will do something about idiot taxis parking ON the mall roundabout !


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