Pre-paid fares to prevent taxi ‘runners’

By Glen Humphries
June 29 2017 - 3:00pm
Taxi drivers will be able to request passengers pre-pay fares, under a new government regulation designed to reduce people doing a runner at the end of the trip. Picture: Robert Peet
Taxi drivers will be able to request passengers pre-pay fares, under a new government regulation designed to reduce people doing a runner at the end of the trip. Picture: Robert Peet

If you catch a taxi home this Saturday night be prepared to pay the fare upfront.

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