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'Taxi police' have hit the streets
Taxi police began posing as passengers yesterday, doling out fines to drivers who chat on their cell phone during trips and refuse fares to outer boroughs.
The effort, coined "Operation: Secret Rider," is the first of its kind and will crack down on cabbies who do not abide by the Taxi Passenger Bill of Rights that prohibits cell phone use and rudeness.
Most drivers follow the rules,...
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