Kentucky Taxicabs - ILLEGAL Taxicabs

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Watch for them after Bengal's games & Red's games.
Watch for them at ANY downtown main events
Tall Stacks, Octoberfest, US Bank Arena Events
Even Riverbend Concerts (IF the taxicab is parked West of Coney Island's Main Gate)
If you need to take a taxicab to any point inside the City of Cincinnati
then find yourself an unlicensed ILLEGAL taxicab
If you are lucky & spot one of these unlicensed taxicabs,
you can easily flag it down almost anywhere in Cincinnati.

Pick-up MUST be INSIDE the City of Cincinnati AND
Drop-off MUST be INSIDE the City of Cincinnati
to expect a FREE Ride without complications
Drop-off points in small cities within Cincinnati does NOT apply
Examples of small cities within Cincinnati are:
Norwood, College Hill, North College Hill, Mt. Healthy, Cheviot, Delhi,
Elmwood, Lockland, Reading, Sharonville, etc...
Click Here for options when being dropped off anywhere not regulated by the City of Cincinnati
(if being dropped off in smaller Cities within the City of Cincinnati)

Here is what to look for:
#1: Simply Look

, Make certain there is NO City of Cincinnati Insignia

(ALL Legal Cincinnati Taxicabs will have this Insignia in Lower Left-hand Corner of Windshield)

The following taxicabs do NOT have a City of Cincinnati Insignia

ALL - At Your Service taxicabs
ALL - Scorpian taxicabs (picks up often after Bengals games)
ALL Hebron taxicabs
Cross County Taxi (known to pickup in Mt. Lookout & at Annies)
Dano Taxi (known to pickup in Mt. Lookout & at Annies)
Community Yellow taxicabs with Silver bumpers

(These taxicabs pick up every chance they get)

If you are lucky enough to flag down one of these taxicabs on a Cincinnati Street
You will have entitled yourself to a FREE taxicab ride to any point inside the Cincinnati City Limits

WHY?

Because these taxicab drivers are Operating ILLEGALLY &
They have NO Legal Right to randomly pick you up anywhere in Cincinnati
They have NO Legal Right to offer taxicab service to you
There is absolutely NOTHING that they can do when you refuse to pay them
In Fact, here is what will happen to THEM if they attempt to call the police on you.
THEY will be Arrested and the Taxicab will be Impounded
(The Cincinnati Police MUST respond to the call)

WHY?
Because the Law Says So.......
Sec. 407-135. Impoundment of Vehicles Violating Public Vehicle Code.
When any police officer of the city shall discover any vehicle operating in violation of Section 407-3, 407-97, 407-99 or 407-101, the officer shall impound the vehicle and shall arrest any person in charge thereof.

Because they do NOT have one of these on their front windshield

Sec. 407-35. Insignia
The department shall furnish free of charge a decal which is to be affixed in the lower left-hand corner of the windshield
Sec. 407-97. Private Carrying of Passengers for Hire Prohibited.
The acceptance of passengers, or the offer to accept passengers, for compensation by the operator of any vehicle other than a public vehicle duly licensed under and operating in accordance with the provisions of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, or motor buses operating under proper authority, is hereby prohibited.

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Please help the Legitimate City of Cincinnati Taxicab Drivers
by Knowing the Law and Put a Stop to these ILLEGAL Taxicabs that are Stealing Our Business
Our Police Department doesn't have time to sit around and WATCH for these Violations
But YOU can Help & Get a FREE ride all at the same time.
Take Advantage of this FREE Service as often as possible (eventually they might stop stealing from us)
They are NOT paying City License Fees
They are NOT paying City Income Taxes
There is NO Guarantee that they have Clean Criminal Records (As We Do)
There is NO Guarantee that they have the Proper Insurance as Required by the City of Cincinnati.

Sec. 407-29. Liability Insurance.
Each licensed public vehicle, except handicapped livery vehicles, shall be covered by a combined single limit liability policy providing coverage per occurrence for death, personal injury and property damage in an amount of not less than $100,000.
Handicapped livery vehicles shall be covered by a $1 million combined single limit liability policy providing coverage per occurrence for death, personal injury and property damage.

Sec. 407-30. Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage Insurance.
Each licensed public vehicle, except animal-drawn carriages and pedicabs, shall provide to its passengers uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage which shall provide protection for bodily injury or death to said passengers in the amount of $25,000.
The coverage afforded herein shall not apply to the drivers of said vehicles.

They Flat-Out have NO Business DOING Business in Cincinnati
Enjoy your FREE Ride, smile and politely thank the driver when he drops you off
Do NOT pay him
If he causes you any trouble, simply call the Cincinnati Police
If HE calls the police, remain calm, be polite and simply wait for the Cincinnati Police to arrive
Calmly explain to the Officer where you were picked up at and point out that this taxicab is operating illegally
Therefore he can not expect payment according to Sec. 407-99 of the Cincinnati Municiple Code

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Read all of these City of Cincinnati Municiple Codes
These are the Laws of Our City

Sec. 407-3. License Fees.
No person, either as owner or as agent, employee or driver for, or lessee of, shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle as a public vehicle, or shall proffer the services of such vehicle as a public vehicle by solicitation by voice, sign, public advertisement, light, or otherwise unless the proper license has been issued to the owner thereof and is in force.
Every license shall expire on January 14 of the year following the date on which the license was issued. License fees for each public vehicle shall be payable to the city treasurer in the following amounts per year:
Taxicab . . . $161

Sec. 407-35. Insignia.
The department shall furnish free of charge a decal which is to be affixed in the lower left-hand corner of the windshield, except animal-drawn carriages, and pedicabs, where the decal shall be affixed to a glass (plexiglass) plate 4" x 5" provided by the licensee. The plate shall be secured (easily removed) to the exterior of the carriage or pedicab as approved by the director. The decal shall indicate vehicle license number and type of license (taxi, limousine, handicapped livery vehicle, tour vehicle, or animal-drawn carriage or pedicab). When the vehicle is retired from service, the decal is to be removed and destroyed. Operation of a public vehicle without the proper decal or failure to properly destroy a decal shall be cause for revocation. If a public vehicle license is transferred from vehicle to vehicle, a new license decal shall be furnished by the department subject to the above conditions.
It shall be unlawful to display public vehicle equipment and insignia on any vehicle other than a licensed vehicle.
(C.O. 407-35; a. Ord. No. 341-1958, eff. Oct. 24, 1958; a. Ord. No. 518-1964, eff. Jan. 15, 1965; a. Ord. No. 384-1965, eff. Oct. 9, 1965; a. Ord. No. 132-1968, eff. May 3, 1968; a. Ord. No. 254-1969, eff. July 25, 1969; reordained as C.M.C. 407-35, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 489-1974, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; a. Ord. No. 264-1982 eff. July 23, 1982; a. Ord. No. 260-1995, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; a. Ord. No. 124-2000, eff. May 19, 2000)
Cross references: Penalty, § 407-999-B.

Sec. 407-97. Private Carrying of Passengers for Hire Prohibited.
The acceptance of passengers, or the offer to accept passengers, for compensation by the operator of any vehicle other than a public vehicle duly licensed under and operating in accordance with the provisions of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, or motor buses operating under proper authority, is hereby prohibited.
(C.O. 407-97; a. Ord. No. 47-1971, eff. Feb. 10, 1971; renumbered to C.M.C. 407-97, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)
Cross references: Penalty, § 407-999-A

Sec. 407-99. Public Vehicles Licensed Outside of Cincinnati.
The operator of a public vehicle duly licensed by some other proper governmental authority, but having no Cincinnati license, the place of business of the owner or operator of which is not in the city of Cincinnati, may transport passengers into Cincinnati by means of such public vehicle, but may not accept, or offer to accept any passengers for compensation, or accept any business whatsoever, within the limits of the city of Cincinnati; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to operators of public vehicles duly licensed by other governmental authority, when such public vehicles are engaged in transporting school children domiciled outside the corporate limits of the city of Cincinnati to and from their homes and a school located within the corporate limits of the city of Cincinnati.
(C.O. 407-99; reordained as C.M.C. 407-99, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)
Cross references: Penalty, § 407-999-A.

Sec. 407-101. Motor Vehicles Resembling Public Vehicles.
No person shall equip, mark, paint, display marking lights or windshield lights or in any way cause a motor vehicle to resemble a duly licensed public vehicle or create a public impression that a motor vehicle is a duly licensed public vehicle approved by the director under authority of Chapter 407 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.
(C.O. 407-101; reordained as C.M.C. 407-101, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)
Cross references: Penalty, § 407-999-A

The Penalties & Violations

Sec. 407-135. Impoundment of Vehicles Violating Public Vehicle Code.
When any police officer of the city shall discover any vehicle operating in violation of Section 407-3, 407-97, 407-99 or 407-101, the officer shall impound the vehicle and shall arrest any person in charge thereof.
The vehicle shall remain in the possession of the city of Cincinnati until such time that the vehicle has been licensed as a public vehicle under the provisions of Chapter 407 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code or an application to license the vehicle as a public vehicle pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 407 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code has been denied.
Before obtaining the release of a vehicle impounded under this section, the owner of the vehicle shall pay those fees set forth in Section 513-7 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code for automobiles which have been impounded pursuant to the provisions of Section 513-1 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.
(Sec. 407-134; ordained by Ord. No. 259-1957, eff. July 26, 1957; renumbered to C.M.C. 407-135, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 50-1990, eff. Feb. 22, 1990)

Sec. 407-999. Penalties.
Whoever violates any section of this chapter for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50.
(C.O. 407-135; a. Ord. No. 259-1957, eff. July 26, 1957; renumbered to C.M.C. 407-999, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 4141970, eff. Dec. 23, 1970)

Sec. 407-999-A. Violation of Section 407-3, 407-97, 407-99 or 407-101.
Whoever violates any provision of Section 407-3, 407-97, 407-99, or 407-101, shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both; for a second offense within three years after conviction for first offense, by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both; for a third offense and each subsequent offense within three years, by a fine of not less than $500, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
(C.O. 407-135; a. Ord. No. 259-1957, eff. July 26, 1957; a. Ord. No. 414-1970, eff. Dec. 23, 1970; renumbered to C.M.C. 407-999-A, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)

Sec. 407-999-B. Violation of Section 407-35, 407-103, 407-105, or 407-107.
Whoever violates any provision of Section 407-35, 407-103, 407-105, or 407-107, shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not more than $50; for a second offense within three years after conviction of first offense, by a fine of not more than $100, or imprisonment for not more than 10 days, or both; for a third offense and each subsequent offense within such three years, by a fine of not more than $200, or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
Upon conviction of any person for such second or subsequent offense within such three years, the court may prohibit such person from operating and driving any motor vehicle for a period of not more than one year.
(C.O. 407-135; a. Ord. No. 259-1957, eff. July 26, 1957; a. Ord. No. 414-1970, eff. Dec. 23, 1970; renumbered to C.M.C. 407-999-B, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)

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For those of you with Real Guts who wish to Exercise your Rights & Defend your Rights to a free Taxicab ride
in these smaller Cities, IF the taxicab driver elects to call the police on you

Wait for the police to respond

Agree to pay the taxicab fare in front of the Officer (this will keep you from being arrested)
Request that a police report be written designating why the police were initially called, listing exactly where you were picked up at, along with the taxicab driver's information, taxicab number, license plate number etc.. and also that you paid the fare.
(This report will be your proof of where your trip originated)

Once this police report is available to you:

Send a copy of the Police Report to the City of Cincinnati Public Vehilcles Office and request that they cite this driver for violating Sec 407-99 of the City of Cincinnati Municiple Code

Another Much EASIER Option - You have a Right to a Receipt

Agree to pay the taxicab fare
Request a RECEIPT from the taxicab driver, designating your EXACT pick-up point and drop-off point
Make absolutely certain that the Taxicab Number is on the receipt, along with the License Plate Number
Make absolutely certain that the taxicab driver SIGNS the receipt.
(This receipt signed by the driver will be your proof of where your trip originated)

File a Complaint against this taxicab driver and the Taxicab Company:
Send a copy of your signed receipt to the City of Cincinnati Public Vehilcles Office and request that they cite this driver for violating Sec 407-99 of the City of Cincinnati Municiple Code because he picked you up within the City of Cincinnati city limits and upon completion of your trip, he threatened to call the local police on you if you refused to pay him compensation.

Sec. 407-73. Rate Receipt.
The driver of a public vehicle shall, if requested, deliver to the person paying for the hire of the vehicle, at the time of legibly printed or written the name of the licensee, a method of identifying the vehicle or its driver, all items for which a charge is made, the total amount paid, and the date of payment.
(C.O. 407-73; reordained as C.M.C. 407-73, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)

The Penalties & Violations

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Cincinnati Municipal Code
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