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The City of Ottawa will not impound the vehicles of drivers caught using Uber’s popular ride-sharing service, officials said Tuesday.
Montreal police have seized and impounded the vehicles of at least 40 Uber drivers in that city, sparking threats of legal action from the Uber parent company.
Ottawa said it does not have the authority to impound vehicles that are used as illegal taxis, where drivers charge for a ride without having the appropriate licences. Dozens of Uber drivers in Ottawa have been caught and fined thousands of dollars for offering rides through the company’s services.
The Uber car-sharing smartphone app links clients to drivers in privately owned vehicles, without a taxi licence, to provide rides at prices generally lower than typical cab fares.
The city and the province consider Uber a form of illegal transport and they aren’t alone: The service has faced questions regarding its legality everywhere it has started offering its services.
Montreal’s taxi bureau has been hitting back particularly hard against the upstart — which refers to itself as a technology company and not a taxi company — since early March.
“We consider this a form of illegal transport because these people don’t have a permit that allows them to transport people,” Alain Rochon, director of the bureau, said in an interview Monday. “These people are contravening the law.”
Rochon said a first seizure includes a $350 fine as well as costs associated with the impounding that bring the total to about $1,000.
Uber has said it will pay for all of the fines and any costs that its drivers incur.
In Ottawa, the city’s blitz against drivers of the ride-sharing app has so far resulted in more than $16,000 in fines. Twenty-four drivers have pleaded guilty to 42 violations under the city’s taxi bylaw following undercover sting operations by bylaw officers.
With files from Citizen news services.
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Montreal police have seized and impounded the vehicles of at least 40 Uber drivers in that city, sparking threats of legal action from the Uber parent company.
Ottawa said it does not have the authority to impound vehicles that are used as illegal taxis, where drivers charge for a ride without having the appropriate licences. Dozens of Uber drivers in Ottawa have been caught and fined thousands of dollars for offering rides through the company’s services.
The Uber car-sharing smartphone app links clients to drivers in privately owned vehicles, without a taxi licence, to provide rides at prices generally lower than typical cab fares.
The city and the province consider Uber a form of illegal transport and they aren’t alone: The service has faced questions regarding its legality everywhere it has started offering its services.
Montreal’s taxi bureau has been hitting back particularly hard against the upstart — which refers to itself as a technology company and not a taxi company — since early March.
“We consider this a form of illegal transport because these people don’t have a permit that allows them to transport people,” Alain Rochon, director of the bureau, said in an interview Monday. “These people are contravening the law.”
Rochon said a first seizure includes a $350 fine as well as costs associated with the impounding that bring the total to about $1,000.
Uber has said it will pay for all of the fines and any costs that its drivers incur.
In Ottawa, the city’s blitz against drivers of the ride-sharing app has so far resulted in more than $16,000 in fines. Twenty-four drivers have pleaded guilty to 42 violations under the city’s taxi bylaw following undercover sting operations by bylaw officers.
With files from Citizen news services.
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