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NYC TLC uses GPS to nab overcharging cabbies

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Back in October 2007, I wrote a post about Alexandre v. New York City Taxi & Limousine Comm'n, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73642 (S.D. N.Y. September 28, 2007), and the NYC TLC's requirement of all taxicabs having GPS monitored by the TLC. (As a sidelight, note that when you pay for a cab fare with a credit card in NYC, it transmits your information via a cell phone link.) In today's NYTimes, posted online yesterday is Dozens of Cabbies Are Arrested in Fare Scheme where cab drivers were accused of intentionally overcharging riders by hitting the out-of-city rate button when riders got in the cabs. And how did they catch them? A tip from a passenger and then analyzing GPS data from the suspect cab and then others. This was revealed in a prior story New York Cabs Gouged Riders Out of Millions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).