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Cluttered cab: Would you have a problem riding in a cab full of the driver's personal belongings?
- April 21, 2010 3:12 PM |
- By POV
A Montreal judge asked prosecutors and a taxi driver to work out their differences over disputed items in a cab, including religious objects decorating the vehicle.
Arieh Perecowicz is challenging the constitutionality of the half-dozen tickets he has for violating the city's taxi regulations.
Perecowicz has been stopped four times by Montreal's taxi authority and fined more than $1,400 for keeping personal objects in his cab, including photographs, newspaper clippings, a Canadian flag, poppy and two mezuzahs -- small Jewish prayer scrolls.
Section 98 of Montreal's taxi bylaw says cab drivers cannot have objects in their cars that are not required for the taxi to be in service.
Perecowicz, who has been a taxi driver for 44 years, said he has never received any complaints about the objects from his customers.
During a hearing last year, a Montreal taxi inspector told the court that Perecowicz's car was dangerous and uninviting for passengers.
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Would it bother you to ride in a cab full of the driver's personal items? What have you seen out there? Comment or take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
Arieh Perecowicz is challenging the constitutionality of the half-dozen tickets he has for violating the city's taxi regulations.
Perecowicz has been stopped four times by Montreal's taxi authority and fined more than $1,400 for keeping personal objects in his cab, including photographs, newspaper clippings, a Canadian flag, poppy and two mezuzahs -- small Jewish prayer scrolls.
Section 98 of Montreal's taxi bylaw says cab drivers cannot have objects in their cars that are not required for the taxi to be in service.
Perecowicz, who has been a taxi driver for 44 years, said he has never received any complaints about the objects from his customers.
During a hearing last year, a Montreal taxi inspector told the court that Perecowicz's car was dangerous and uninviting for passengers.
Read more
Would it bother you to ride in a cab full of the driver's personal items? What have you seen out there? Comment or take our poll.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' votes.)
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