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A city lawyer said he hopes would-be Uber drivers will take note of the two dozen people who have now pleaded guilty to violations of the city’s taxi bylaw.
“The court has accepted all these pleas as unequivocal contraventions of the bylaw and it should hopefully send a deterrence message to would-be drivers that this is a violation of the city’s taxi bylaw and matters can result in convictions and fines,” Stuart Huxley said after six Uber drivers entered guilty pleas and received fines ranging from $260 to $490 Thursday.
The city withdrew additional charges following the guilty pleas.
Following the latest pleas, the city’s blitz against drivers of the ride-sharing app has now resulted in more than $16,000 in fines. Twenty-four drivers have pleaded guilty to 42 violations under the city’s taxi by-law. The drivers were charged after by-law officers performed undercover stings.
Two of the drivers, Tanios Chako and Patpinder Chopra, pleaded guilty Thursday to operating a taxi without a taxi licence and received a $490 fine including a victim surcharge. Four other drivers — Brian McGregor, Maxime-Olivier Ratte, Eric Traclet and Ronald Zeitlin — pleaded guilty to offering a taxi service without a valid taxi plate and received $260 fines once the victim surcharge was included.
The charges in three of the cases were laid on Oct. 30, 2014 or Nov. 6, 2014, not long after Uber launched the service in Ottawa.
Reached by the Citizen after his guilty plea, McGregor said the city offered to reduce the potential fine from $875 to $260 if he entered a guilty plea.
“It was the most expeditious way to resolve the matter,” said McGregor. McGregor said he hasn’t decided whether he’ll continue driving for Uber.
McGregor said he encourages the city to work with Uber to update its bylaws to meet the consumer demand for the service. McGregor believes Ottawa should follow the lead of Portland, Ore., who voted this week in favour of allowing companies like Uber to operate as part of a 120-day pilot project.
But Amrik Singh, president of the union local representing Ottawa taxi drivers, said the latest guilty pleas show that what Uber is doing is wrong.
“This proves in a court of law that Uber is an illegal company,” said Singh, who has attended every court appearance with a group of as many as a dozen cab drivers.
Singh said the drivers now intend to approach Ottawa police to ask them to enforce a section of the Highway Traffic Act that prohibits the letting or hiring of vehicles and carries heavier fines.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
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“The court has accepted all these pleas as unequivocal contraventions of the bylaw and it should hopefully send a deterrence message to would-be drivers that this is a violation of the city’s taxi bylaw and matters can result in convictions and fines,” Stuart Huxley said after six Uber drivers entered guilty pleas and received fines ranging from $260 to $490 Thursday.
The city withdrew additional charges following the guilty pleas.
Following the latest pleas, the city’s blitz against drivers of the ride-sharing app has now resulted in more than $16,000 in fines. Twenty-four drivers have pleaded guilty to 42 violations under the city’s taxi by-law. The drivers were charged after by-law officers performed undercover stings.
Two of the drivers, Tanios Chako and Patpinder Chopra, pleaded guilty Thursday to operating a taxi without a taxi licence and received a $490 fine including a victim surcharge. Four other drivers — Brian McGregor, Maxime-Olivier Ratte, Eric Traclet and Ronald Zeitlin — pleaded guilty to offering a taxi service without a valid taxi plate and received $260 fines once the victim surcharge was included.
The charges in three of the cases were laid on Oct. 30, 2014 or Nov. 6, 2014, not long after Uber launched the service in Ottawa.
Reached by the Citizen after his guilty plea, McGregor said the city offered to reduce the potential fine from $875 to $260 if he entered a guilty plea.
“It was the most expeditious way to resolve the matter,” said McGregor. McGregor said he hasn’t decided whether he’ll continue driving for Uber.
McGregor said he encourages the city to work with Uber to update its bylaws to meet the consumer demand for the service. McGregor believes Ottawa should follow the lead of Portland, Ore., who voted this week in favour of allowing companies like Uber to operate as part of a 120-day pilot project.
But Amrik Singh, president of the union local representing Ottawa taxi drivers, said the latest guilty pleas show that what Uber is doing is wrong.
“This proves in a court of law that Uber is an illegal company,” said Singh, who has attended every court appearance with a group of as many as a dozen cab drivers.
Singh said the drivers now intend to approach Ottawa police to ask them to enforce a section of the Highway Traffic Act that prohibits the letting or hiring of vehicles and carries heavier fines.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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