Steven
Jacksonville,#2General Comment
Sun, February 20, 2011
I had something similar happen to me in Puerto Rico. I knew it was maybe a 10 dollar fare to the hotel. The taxi driver did not turn on the meter (something he was required by law to do). When we arrived at the hotel he demanded I pay him 20 dollars. I refused and started to walk away. He then called a policeman to say that he had driven me and I refused to pay. When I told the policeman that I had gotten in the cab and asked the driver repeatedly to turn on the meter and I would pay what was on the meter. The officer verified that the amount on the meter was 0 dollars and laughed in the drivers face and agreed that I owed him nothing. In addition he also wrote him a citation for not
Bottom line is that as far as the City of Jacksonville has similar regulations and you could have probably gotten a free ride. I wouldn't have paid a dime and dared the driver to file a police report.