Airport cab drivers' short fuse

Reluctant ... Taxi drivers are becoming increasingly difficult over short trips from Melbourne airport.

PASSENGERS who catch a taxi from Melbourne Airport are too often having to deal with drivers who are reluctant to take short trips, a submission to the state government's taxi inquiry says.
In a submission to the taxi inquiry, being conducted by former consumer watchdog chairman Allan Fels, the airport's management says there is a problem with short fares from the airport to surrounding suburbs. ''It is an all-too-common experience for arriving passengers to encounter reluctance from drivers for short fare trips,'' the submission says.
The submission also argues that there must be greater enforcement of requirements for drivers to accept all fares. Airport passengers pay a $2 taxi surcharge. Of this, $1.32 goes to the airport.

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