Report erring taxi drivers, LTO urges Davaoenos
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By Rose Palacio
Philippine Information Agency
DAVAO CITY — Following the adverse reports against taxi drivers as mentioned by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte in a city government’s regular television program “Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa,” the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has warned taxi drivers to stop their modus operandi of using tampered, non-calibrated or fast-metered meters, including illegal acts of disembarkment of passengers, misconduct and misbehavior against women passengers.
If found using fast and non-calibrated meters, drivers can be penalized by law, LTO regional director Atty. Gomer Dy said.
“Dili ta angay magbinuang sa mga pasahero (We should not fool our passengers),” he said.
Every taxi driver should be honest, fair and courteous to any passenger particularly to foreign visitors to entice them in coming back, he added.
He urged the public to file their complaints directly to the LTO regional office for any misbehavior or misdeed of taxi drivers.
“Filing a complaint is necessary for the LTO team to make necessary investigation. Our office cannot act on it if we don’t have basis for our investigation,” he said.
The complaint against fast taxi meters is reportedly being rampant. This practice is illegal and should be stopped.
Under the Department of Transportation and Communication Memorandum issued 93-693, any taxi driver caught using a tampered and fast meter will be fined including those public utility vehicle drivers who refuses to convey a passenger.
The Mayor, upon giving warning to all taxi drivers, added that every public utility vehicle driver should show outmost courtesy in dealing with passengers at all times, should behave and should follow rules and regulations of the city and transportation laws. (PIA XI Dispatch/rbpalacio)
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July 28th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Yeah! mayor punish those stupid taxi drivers so that they will learned their lesson, specially those taxi’s from the davao airport.
July 29th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Yeah punish them. I was in Davao in May and believe that I was involved in 2 illegal acts of disembarkment and one where the drivers refused to obey instructions. The last one was reported to LTO office but my friends were not happy and thought that I might not return because of the treatment recieved. Come on Mayor make the taxi drivers live upto the the reputation that they had The bes and most honest taxi drivers in the philippines.