There's a story on WBBM780.com about a Chicago meter maid who claimed that a restaurant owner punched her in the face.
The man was charged with "felony aggravated battery to a government employee."
Why don't taxi drivers get the same protection when it is the law for us too?
Wiedersberg's Law makes it a felony to batter an on-duty taxi driver yet police and the State's Attorney's office haven't been enforcing this law when cab drivers have been attacked.
Re: Cabbies are on wrong track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wise up!
Cab drivers meeting with ANITA ALVARZ complete failure!!!!!!!!!!!
The so called meeting is a complete failure, only a show and not a single important issue was discussed by Alverez or the cabbies who were present at the meeting.
You guys ignored about the huge numbers of cabs in city and increasing more and more that there is always cabbies doing road rage, cutting off others and even fight to get the first 5$ fares. there are 20 cabs in the city for 1 passenger.
So No1 issue was what to do to reduce the number of cabs that you guys ignored at the meeting.
You also ignored about this credit card rip off fee and cards declining %60 of the time and we losing the entire fare money.
You ignored about the idea of putting an end to chauffers class at harold washington, they are producing too many untrained, unprofessional, dirty smelly cabbies on road who are giving bad names to professional cabbies like me and many others.
I wish I could come and wake you fellow cabbies up but I had to go out of the country.
I don't understand why you cabbies don't understand those most important issues ! U think and talked about nonsense thing like cab stands and mroe cab stands.
next time, 1, complain about too many cabs which means continue to live on $40 a day working 12 hours
and 2nd, tell her its not that u hate cards, u hate about he rip off fee and cards getting declines at company casheirs most of the time and u want the money of cards go directly to your bank account instead of having to go to cab companies.
