A taxi doesn’t pick up Alessandro Cecchi Paone. And Codacons is moving. “Another scandal is affecting the capital’s taxi drivers. Yesterday, in fact, the driver of a white car refused to let the well-known journalist and science communicator Alessandro Cecchi Paone on board, justifying the refusal with the critical positions expressed by Cecchi Paone towards the category of taxi” denounces the association, referring to the episode, filmed by the camera installed on the same taxi, which apparently occurred “yesterday 5 June around 3.40 pm in Campo de’ Fiori”.
The video of the refusal appeared on several social media profiles, probably published by the taxi driver himself. The images show the journalist stopping the taxi, with the car slowing down to let the customer get on board but, once he recognizes Cecchi Paone, the taxi driver exclaims: “I’m sorry, I don’t want to take you because you speak badly of taxis. You go on foot! “Uber will massacre you,” Cecchi Paone is heard replying.
@thorello3 Whoever does it should expect it!!#cecchipaone#taxi#roma#radiotaxi#karma#viral#visuals#neiperte#italia#italiani ♬ original sound – Thor
The images continue with the car driving away along the streets of central Rome. “A video that also shows the codes with the references of the car responsible for the serious episode, and which will now be the subject of a formal complaint by Codacons”, thunders the consumer association. Who will file a report tomorrow “with the Local Police of Rome Capital, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Capitol, asking them to identify the taxi driver responsible for the serious act and proceed with the crime of interruption of public service, raising the sanctions provided for by current legislation and evaluating further disciplinary action to be taken, including suspension of the licence.”
