{"id":698988,"date":"2010-03-23T15:46:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T19:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10003632"},"modified":"2010-03-23T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T19:42:52","slug":"scamming-cabbies-probably-scammed-less-than-previously-estimated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/698988","title":{"rendered":"Scamming Cabbies Probably Scammed Less Than Previously Estimated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/taxithing-thumb-292x209-38501.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/03\/nyc-taxis-will-let-passengers-know-when-theyre-being-taken-for-a-ride.html\">cab drivers accused of scamming New Yorkers <\/a>by using a rate meant for out of town travel say they have been vindicated by a statement from the Taxi and Limousine Commissioner. It&#8217;s apparently possible that some drivers were accidentally hitting the wrong button at the<em> end <\/em>of a trip, which would not result in the passenger being overcharged. <\/p>\n<p>From the NYP:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> These drivers did press a button that switched their meters to the suburban rate &#8212; but apparently did so accidentally and at the end of their trips, meaning their riders were never overcharged, Daus said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can you overcharge a person at the end of a ride when you don&#8217;t get money for it?&#8221; Daus said, speaking at a City Council hearing yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could be accidental.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> The analysis of the data is not yet complete, but the TLC has added an alert system that informs passengers if they are being charged an out-of-town rate. No word on how many drivers of the 35,558 initially accused would be exonerated. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/local\/cabs_tabs_show_fewer_cheaters_b45QTt5UoypYOflAFlRuoO\">Cabs&#8217; tabs show fewer cheaters<\/a> [NYP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cab drivers accused of scamming New Yorkers by using a rate meant for out of town travel say they have been vindicated by a statement from the Taxi and Limousine Commissioner. It&#8217;s apparently possible that some drivers were accidentally hitting the wrong button at the end of a trip, which would not result in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2VQ0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}