5 more Uber drivers charged in Guelph
CBC News | Posted: September 21, 2015 4:44 PM | Last Updated: September 21, 2015
Guelph police charged five people for operating in the city as Uber drivers on Saturday.
The drivers were charged under a little-used section of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, for providing transportation for compensation without authority. Currently only licensed taxi drivers who work one of three authorized taxi companies are allowed to operate in Guelph.
It is, however, the second time Guelph police have charged an Uber driver with the offence in the past two weeks. A 50-year-old man was charged on September 12.
Police did not provide any other information about the drivers charged on Saturday but they will have to appear in court at the end of October.
| Picking up passenger for compensation prohibited without licence, etc. |
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| 39.1 (1) A driver of a motor vehicle other than a bus shall not pick up a passenger for the purpose of transporting him or her for compensation where a licence, permit or authorization is required to do so by, (a) the Public Vehicles Act; (b) a municipal by-law passed under Part IV of the Municipal Act, 2001; (c) a regulation made under the Department of Transport Act (Canada); or (d) an airport or airport authority, except under the authority of such licence, permit or authorization. 2005, c. 26, Sched. A, s. 4. |