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Raleigh tells cabbies to meet dress, car codes
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's capital city has set a dress code for cab drivers.
The News&Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that the city council banned cab drivers from wearing short shorts, miniskirts, tank-tops and flip-flops as part of an extensive overhaul of the city's regulations of taxi companies.
The rules also forbids cars more than 10 years old from being used as cabs, raises application fees and allows the city to deny a permit to applicants with a felony, alcohol or drug conviction.
The council initially approved a provision that would have allowed city staff to deny permits to applicants who weren't U.S. citizens, but deleted that clause during a Tuesday vote.
The new rules go into effect Sunday.
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Information from: The News&Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com
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Nov 04, 2009 - 1:07 p.m. EDT
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Frank Constanza
11/04/2009 06:40:39 PM
If they did not allow non-citizens to drive a cab, there would not be any cabs on the road in Raleigh.
Suggest removalTo greenelady
11/04/2009 05:45:29 PM
Being a non US citizen does not necessarily equate to being an illegal. There are legal ways to live and work in the US, as well as other countries, without being a citizen of said country. Perhaps you are too quick to blame illegals for our many cultural, social or economic problems.
Suggest removalcj
11/04/2009 03:54:05 PM
wtf II:
Suggest removalillegal immigrants can get a permit to drive a cab? yet, they can't wear flipflops. do they really have nothing better to do in Raleigh?
cj
11/04/2009 03:52:24 PM
the last cab i took in raleigh didn't even have a dashboard for crying out loud. regulate the condition and safety of the vehicle, not the year of it.
Suggest removalcj
11/04/2009 03:50:28 PM
wtf? i don't believe i've ever seen female cabbie. i certainly wouldn't give one rat's a$$ what she was wearing, as long as i arrived at my destination safely.
Suggest removalgreenelady
11/04/2009 03:29:46 PM
They should have kept the provision to deny permits to non US citizens. Illegals should be treated as illegals.
Suggest removalterry
11/04/2009 01:12:18 PM
they have no ethical code for their governor tho
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