The wolf pack's outing has come hot on the heels of a series of unsolved murders of drivers of unlicensed taxis and the brutal execution of employees in a Wendy's burger bar.
Flyers contained the usual FUD that the cab industry has taken to spewing about ride-sharing companies — that their drivers are unlicensed, that their cars are uninspected, that they are unsafe and unreliable.
Recent spot checks on 189 garment trucks in one province found close to half the drivers were unlicensed, despite efforts to ensure they pass driving tests and have the necessary training and documentation.
The seizures appear to defy a 2005 federal appellate court ruling that the police cannot impound a car solely because the driver is unlicensed. 1 2 3 Next Page » Ryan Gabrielson is a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California, Berkeley.
But the car's license plate did not have the proper sticker, the driver was unlicensed and the insurance card was from a company that Officer Ferro said was no longer issuing auto insurance policies.
The checkpoints net about 10 unlicensed drivers for every drunk driver and the vast majority of unlicensed drivers are undocumented immigrants.
At checkpoints in Escondido, just north of San Diego, one drunk driver was apprehended for every ten unlicensed drivers, the majority of whom are undocumented, according to a report by KPBS San Diego.
When officers do show up on the streets and set up checkpoints, word tends to spread fast among the unlicensed drivers, who promptly disappear, licensed drivers say.
If you deny people driver's licenses, you will have a lot of unlicensed drivers.
After reaching a deal with the California Public Utilities Commission, the company announced its plans to allow unlicensed drivers to be part of its driver fleet, at least in San Francisco.
