MEL taxi scam

[Q Class Plebeian]

On guard and keeping the touts at bay .At the carpark crossing at T4.
Mind you may have already walked passed at least 3 touts to get there.

 

[Happy Dude]

SYD has done something about their tout problem as part of a wider blitz on bad behaviour by taxi drivers. It may be paywalled.

Gist is the bloke was given many warnings/chances but persisted in touting whilst being a registered driver for an authorised service.

Interesting take-aways are that it's incredible that touting exists after the taxi deregulation, and it's framed as a safety issue rather than a nuisance one. So MEL may be exposed if they seemingly allow it to continue. Part of their response must be to set up a hotline to report this and other dodgy behaviours, or if one exists, make it better known or easier to use. Like SYD did.

Illegal cabbie fined $32,000 over airport touting, driving unlicensed

 

[jastel]

At first he was registered then was fined for more offences while UNREGISTERED it says...

It is a step worse if he is still doing it while unregistered probably.
I wanna see if he pays the fine...

States control public transport so an offence in one state may not be considered one in another state whose rules/penalties differ.

 

[Q Class Plebeian]

I landed just before 1pm yesterday and just missed my bus.I waited outside T1for 30 minutes with 2 bags in tow and an expectation formed from prior experience of the words, taxi Sir.
But I have to report that I didn't hear them.spoken.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

For Q Class Plebeian, the taxis outside MEL T1 got moved to that little alcove to the most left, where the Qantas Valet parking used to be.
Right outside T1 now, has been taken over by Uber.
They are doing a right roaring trade.
That is why our friends now hang around the wider alcove, near the 901 and the suburban buses leave from, under the multistorey carpar,
Outside T1, they know they wont make a good enough ROI, as everyone will be looking at the cheap Uber.
The QF Valet area at MEL T1 used to be chain linked fencing, now its long metal bars.