A taxi driver who was stripped of his license for overcharging overseas nationwide passengers thrice in a single 12 months took his case to courtroom, claiming it was “unfair,” however the courtroom rejected his enchantment, in keeping with native media retailers Sunday.
A Seoul Administrative Court docket choose dismissed the lawsuit filed by a taxi driver, who had challenged the Seoul metropolis authorities’s resolution to revoke his taxi license.
Most just lately, in February final 12 months, the taxi driver dropped off a overseas couple at Incheon Worldwide Airport. The fare on the meter confirmed 55,700 gained ($41), however he then added an extra 16,600 gained, bringing the full fare exhibited to 72,300 gained. The motive force accepted 72,000 gained in money from the passengers and was later caught for overcharging them.
However it was not his first offense. He had beforehand been caught twice in 2022 — as soon as in April and once more in August — for inflating toll charges or making use of unauthorized surcharges once more particularly to passengers of overseas nationality. He was given a warning after the primary offense and a 30-day suspension after the second.
After his third violation, the Seoul metropolis authorities revoked his taxi license, to which the motive force reacted by submitting an administrative lawsuit, claiming that the third incident had been “unfair.”
In courtroom, he claimed that 6,600 gained of the extra 16,600 gained was for a one-way toll and that the remaining 10,000 gained was a tip for dealing with three massive suitcases, thus not constituting overcharging, in keeping with him.
Nonetheless, the courtroom dismissed this declare, saying it’s not regular for a driver to enter a tip straight into the meter if, as the motive force claimed, the passengers meant to provide him a tip voluntarily. The courtroom said that it will have been extra acceptable for the motive force to show solely the precise fare and toll on the meter, permitting the passengers to determine whether or not or to not add a tip individually.
The person then claimed that revoking his taxi license just because he had overcharged overseas passengers 10,000 gained was a disproportionately harsh software of the legislation.
Ultimately, the courtroom rejected this declare as effectively, figuring out, “It can’t be seen as ‘much less unlawful’ just because he used numerous methods to overcharge foreigners in a brief time period,” including, “The plaintiff can take the take a look at once more after a 12 months, and if he qualifies, then drive a taxi (at the moment).”