Illegal taxis has caused incidents at Palma airport in the past. | MIQUEL A. BORRÁS
Palma13/04/2022 15:52
Palma Local Police, as part of the Easter Week security operation, will control the presence of ‘pirate taxis’ at Palma airport.
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They are not Taxi's, so they cannot be "illegal" taxis. Apart from the burden of proof on the part of the Police was actually paid, prohibiting people from taking someone to the airport, - or indeed anywhere else on the island, even for a reward in kind, is unconstitutional of course. Furthermore it belies the need for a 3000 vehicle multi-story car park at the terminal. The issue of not having passenger insurance cover is not true either. I would like to see a fine, or a sanction appealed against in a court, I think would be thrown out.:
I've been taking taxis for over 25 years in Mallorca and have never been ripped off. They might not be cheap but I think the stories of people being ripped off are more a case of people not understanding the system. And if you think you have been ripped off ask for the complaints book that taxis must carry by law.
Maybe if the taxi drivers didn't try to rip you off so much there would be no need for these so called private taxis and what is wrong with healthy competition from Uber to drive prices down and the quality of service up.
The Taxi branch is another mafia like run organisation, much like dock workers in the Port of Palma. Unions and government powers joined, to dictate what happens and for how much. Hence outside Palma, I always take an Über. Just out of principle.
This is more a political than taxi problem, if the police are involved it has to be officialdom is losing out of licence fees.
More details? What is a pirate taxi? Just so that we can identify and avoid it as well. Do they look like real taxis and are only missing the licence? Or are the private cars that stop during the night next to you asking if you wait for taxi?