Post by The Dark Knight on Mar 14, 2024 10:07:53 GMT
Taxi drivers fined for unlawfully soliciting fares
Four taxi drivers have been slapped with fines totalling over £6,000 for unlawfully soliciting fares at Henley Regatta.
Tahir Mehmood Awan, 53, from Maidenhead, admitted to illegally offering taxi services in Henley on June 30.
Mr Awan was brought before the Oxford Magistrates’ Court on February 23, where it was revealed that he had claimed to be working a pre-booked job that fell through.
Awan, who was not licensed by the South Oxfordshire District Council, took the opportunity to transport another rider back to his hometown for cash.
At the hearing, Mr Awan explained: "I had taken the customer’s number incorrectly and couldn’t make contact with them, and as I was going back to Maidenhead I might as well earn some money."
Despite Mr Awan's reasons, his unlicensed operation was seen as a threat to public safety and a move that undermined legal taxi drivers.
The court considering his early guilty plea and personal means, fined him £310, along with a victim surcharge of £120 and costs of £1,100.
www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24182760.taxi-drivers-fined-unlawfully-soliciting-fares/
Four taxi drivers have been slapped with fines totalling over £6,000 for unlawfully soliciting fares at Henley Regatta.
Tahir Mehmood Awan, 53, from Maidenhead, admitted to illegally offering taxi services in Henley on June 30.
Mr Awan was brought before the Oxford Magistrates’ Court on February 23, where it was revealed that he had claimed to be working a pre-booked job that fell through.
Awan, who was not licensed by the South Oxfordshire District Council, took the opportunity to transport another rider back to his hometown for cash.
At the hearing, Mr Awan explained: "I had taken the customer’s number incorrectly and couldn’t make contact with them, and as I was going back to Maidenhead I might as well earn some money."
Despite Mr Awan's reasons, his unlicensed operation was seen as a threat to public safety and a move that undermined legal taxi drivers.
The court considering his early guilty plea and personal means, fined him £310, along with a victim surcharge of £120 and costs of £1,100.
www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24182760.taxi-drivers-fined-unlawfully-soliciting-fares/