CdA cabbies crabby about unlicensed drivers

COEUR d’ALENE - The city is considering tighter licensing requirements for taxi drivers to better police unlicensed cabs from stealing customers from companies who play by the rules.

“We’ve had a lot of abuses,” said Kathy Lewis, deputy city clerk, on the taxi war problem that came to the city’s attention during the summer.

Coeur d’Alene is proposing to require cabs to hang an annual decal to assist officers and patrons to determine whether it’s a legal operator. The city wants to make them install a company name on the side of the vehicle. It also wants to be notified should cabbies cancel their commercial insurance. Read more. Tom Hasslinger, Cda Press

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