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Officer Outlines Complaint Against Taxi Company

246 views · Published 12 December 2012 · 2:00 · Indexed 1 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by John Pless  A Chattanooga taxi cab company is accused of taking it's customers for a ride -- not to a destination, but charging more than what the law allows in the city.Monday  All American Taxi owner Randy Van Hooser admitted he is charging .50 per mile. He is facing serious trouble with Chattanooga's Transportation Board. Officer Charles Topping with the Chattanooga Police said, "There's been some complaints about it. That's how I first found out about it, somebody called in and complained and that's when I called a couple drivers, talked to a dispatcher, talked to Randy and he said 'yes we're doing that."Officer Topping found Van Hooser's All American cabs charging .50 per mile But the Chattanooga City Ordinance only allows .00 per mile. Van Hooser told us last night he wasn't aware of the problem before being called to last week's Transportation Board meeting."At the December meeting I was told I had a warning, but I never received that," he said. "At the transportation board meeting they said they were going to issue a show cause, but I have not received that either."Last summer when gas prices were so high city officials allowed taxi cab companies to charge a little extra per mile to help make up the difference. That was only a temporary increase. Afterwards the per-mile rates were returned to .00 per mile."He didn't go back," said officer Topping. "He assumed the City Council had approved it permanently, and they hadn't."Now Van Hooser is facing a 30-day suspension, or having his business license revoked all together. He is scheduled to appear before the Transportation Board next month.

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