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City Revokes All American Taxi License

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato A Chattanooga taxi company is out of service after openly admitting to overcharging their customers.Laura Wiley says she sees it over and over again, cab drivers charging customers way more than they should. A practice she says herself, or her employer, Checker Cab will never take part in.I have no respect for them. I wish they would understand that not everybody who gets into their cab has the money to pay outrageous cab fares, says Wiley.The alleged overcharging is why All American Taxi in trouble. Chattanooga's city transportation board voted to revoke their license Thursday, claiming All American overcharged customers for more than a year.We're a tourist town. The first person they usually see is a cab driver. For them to be defrauded like this, to be taken advantage of like this, it's just unacceptable, says Chattanooga City Councilman Manny Rico.Wiley says there are things you can do to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to you, like watching the meter, especially at red lights.If the meter is still running at a stop light, you could be paying more than you thought. Christine Warner is a taxi customer and a former driver. She has experience but says others may not be as lucky.As a taxi customer and as a person in general, I don't like to be taken advantage of. And for this All American company to just blatantly do that to their clients, I mean that's really low, says Warner.When we went to the business on Rossville Boulevard, we were able to walk in but couldn't get any answers.NewsChannel9 asked how they were able to operate without a license and was told no comment. Councilman  Rico tells us the revoked license was immediately put into effect.

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