«I don’t want her, she talks badly about taxis. You go on foot »

New case involving taxi drivers in the capital. In fact, yesterday 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 taxi category. The episode, filmed by the camera installed on the same taxi, was reported today by Codacons, which explains that would have happened «yesterday 5 June around 3.40pm in Campo de’ Fiori». The video of the refusal appeared on several social media profiles, probably published by the taxi driver himself.

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The images show the journalist stopping the taxi, with the car slowing down to let the customer get on board but, once he recognized Cecchi Paone, the taxi driver exclaims: «I’m sorry, I don’t want to take her because she talks badly about taxis. You go on foot!». «Uber will massacre you», replies Cecchi Paone. 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.

Codacons will file a complaint tomorrow «to 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, increasing the sanctions provided for by current legislation and evaluating the further disciplinary measures to be taken , including license suspension».

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