[imdsm]

This is my problem with taxi drivers all over the world. They are essentially anonymous. When you get in a taxi, you're betting on someone you've never met, have no ratings for, have no assurances.

I paid by card for a taxi journey back after a night out drinking here in the UK. The next day I discovered that he'd added more than 25% on as an admin fee, but by that time, there was no way of me easily tracking him down.

I'll be happy when all shuttle services are peer reviewed.

On a side note, why are the taxi drivers allowed to block access to an airport? If members of the public did this then surely there would be action to remove the people and their vehicles? What makes taxi drivers immune to this?

[mike-cardwell]

It's effective because they're inside vehicles. If the general public protested from inside vehicles, you'd get the same thing. Of course, numbers matter too.