“Sir, can you pull over for a minute? The house is right in front of you, so I’ll bring cash”
“I’m not running away. I’m not a person like that with some money”
“You just have to wait 1 minute. You can trust it.”
The passenger who got off the taxi did not eventually return.
An angry family of taxi drivers revealed the passenger’s face on the Internet.
Yesterday (22nd), an article titled’You’re not paying a taxi fee’ was posted on the online community’s Baby Dream.
The author is the son of a taxi driver.
He said that a passenger in a cab run by his father disappeared with a lie about bringing money.
Author A said, “My father got a call by XX taxi, but when a passenger arrived at the destination, he said he would go home and bring money, but he didn’t come back,” he said. “Sometimes there are such guests, but in all likelihood, I can’t get the fare.”
He said, “When I get close to the destination, I have to go around the apartment complex, and to save a charge of less than 20,000 won, I lie impudently and go away and turn off the phone or not answer the phone.”
He also said that his father could not cope with it in the field, in case the passenger would attack with resentment.
Mr. A reported the passenger as unpaid to XX Taxi, a vehicle calling service, to prevent other victims from occurring.
The video of the black box installed inside the taxi was also released.
The faces and voices of the passengers in question are intact.
The passengers persuaded the taxi driver who was embarrassed, saying, “I understand the driver’s heart, so I’ll give it to you right away. It’s not because I don’t want to give money.”
When this figure was revealed, netizens made a voice saying that the passenger should be caught and punished.
Mr. A said, “We are persuading our parents for follow-up measures such as filing an incident.”
On the other hand, there were also reactions of concern about defamation over the disclosure of passengers’ faces without mosaics.
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The so-called’taxi fare splash’ is annoying.
However, the reality is that it is difficult to get punished unless the passengers are caught on site.
One netizen said, “Also, acquaintances do private taxis. There are people like that sometimes, but they can’t catch them, and they just give up because it’s better to pick up one more customer during times of going to and from the police station.”
However, this is definitely a crime of fraud.
Experts say there have been cases of actual punishment.
Attorney Lee Hee-beom of the Ramee Law Office explained to JTBC, “Even though you didn’t have money from the beginning, if you ran away after taking a taxi with the intention of not paying money, you are convicted of fraud.”
He added, “Because it is a free ride, it is also subject to the Minor Crime Penalty Act.”
If so, would it be defamatory to reveal the passenger’s face without a mosaic?
From the conclusion, sin is legally established.
However, it depends on whether the purpose is in the public interest or not.
“If the author’s public act was for the public good as truth and facts, there is a possibility that the illegality is sculpted and not defamation.”