Cort imposes a penalty of 700 euros on a taxi driver who defrauded a client

PalmaL’Ajuntament de Palma ha obert sanctioned with 700 euros a taxi driver que va estafar un client durant un trajecte el passat mes d’agost. According to Cort informed in a press release, the events took place on August 8, when a patrol of the Local Police detected that a taxi had picked up a client on Carretera de s’Arenal, in the direction of Carrer Llaüt . El vehicle duia un indicatiu luminós que indicava Tarifa 4, fet que supupa una irregularitat. The taxi driver will charge 15 euros per una carrera very short, fet que ha implicat l’openture de l’expedient sanctionor, per una falta molt greu, amb una multa per un import de 600 euros, así com una altra de lleu, per valor of 100 euros.

The Deputy Minister of Mobility and Industrial Polígons, Toni Deudero, has pointed out that the City Council does not allow “in any way” that illegal activities “that harm not only the taxi sector, but the image of the city”.

Deudero has also noted that the taxi sector is in the process of adaptation and modernization and that one of the Court’s priorities is to increase the number of taxis in the City to avoid “having shortages again, especially in the high season” “.