NYC Votes to Change Taxi Driver Dress Code

[The Northerner]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have changed a rule governing what taxi drivers can wear — and it’s not too shabby.

The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted unanimously to amend existing regulations to require that drivers maintain “a professional appearance.”

The previous rule had prohibited specific clothing from being worn as outerwear, such as underwear, tank tops, and swimwear.

The new rule emphasizes broad parameters, that a driver’s overall appearance has to be neat, clean and professional. TLC Commissioner David Yassky says ethnic and religious garb are welcome.

Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/21/nyc-votes-to-change-taxi-driver-dress-code/

[LiberalEsto]

1. So now they can wear underwear

as long as it's "neat, clean and professional."

Thank you.

[somone]

2. Must be unstained

[NYC Liberal]

3. How about cracking down on cab drivers who

yell at you when you try to pay with a credit card, or try to claim the machine is "broken" when you go to pay and they realize you're using a card?

[Tunkamerica]

4. because they have to declare the tips if it's not cash?

[NYC Liberal]

9. Or the processing fees. Either way, that's not our fault.

I don't like some things I have to do at work but I don't harass customers over it.

[Ter]

6. There are people why try to pay a taxi with a credit card?

Never heard of that, some things are just meant for cash. Almost as bad as handing a stripper a CC.

[Sonoman]

8. All the time.

It's a law in NY State (and a lot of others) that cabbies have to take cc. When one is traveling on an expense acc't, it really helps.

Or one could pay cash and stuff the receipts into the stripper's T-Back.

Sonoman

[NYC Liberal]

10. Sure. For longer trips and for people who get reimbursed by their company.

And I don't think a stripper would mind if you handed over your credit card! :P

[Sonoman]

7. That always pisses me off.

It's pretty much that way, everywhere. I have gotten into some pretty serious situations on that point.

Sonoman

[Renew Deal]

5. It sounds like they loosened the rule.

:shrug: