Uber drivers could face steep fines under Region’s taxi bylaws
Posted Jul 27, 2015 05:50:52 AM.
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Local drivers looking to make a quick dollar by signing up for Uber could face a hefty fine.
Today’s Record reports, the Region says it will investigate and possibly charge Uber drivers with contravening the taxi bylaw — but only on a complaint basis.
A new vehicles-for-hire bylaw that will be announced in August should change the way ride-hailing services are treated; however, it isn’t expected to go into effect until January.
Until then, fines won’t come cheap: they could go as high as $25,000.
Uber launched in Waterloo Region last Thursday.