Victorians overcharged or refused a meter in taxis have little recourse, Australia’s taxi giant says, as it joins a chorus of industry players calling for action to end the national crisis of cab drivers going rogue.
A patchwork of loosely regulated systems has existed between different states since various jurisdictions reconfigured laws to respond to the rise of ridesharing. But the company 13Cabs – with more than 8,000 cars nationally across its brands including Silver Service – has echoed concerns from the Victorian Taxi Association calling out that state’s laws as enabling the most rampant rise in illegal overcharging.
