kimmer

This just happened to us in April - we've been going almost 3x/yr for the last 9 yrs and never had a problem w/being long-hauled. Always stay at the Sahara and know that it will cost about $15, give or take a buck. Get in the cab and notice right away driver takes the wrong turn, so we say 'don't take the tunnel'. Well of course, he's foreign and pretends to not understand us. I begin demanding he turn around and he gets on the expressway, so at this point I'm furious and I'm telling him 'you call your dispatch right now, you are long-hauling us'. He's totally ignoring us and I'm telling my husband to give me his phone so I can call Taxi Authority number that's listed. As I'm dialing I'm telling this driver he's ripping us off and I can't believe it, thinking he's gonna be scared and turn around, but he continues driving as we see the entire strip passing us by.
Taxi Authority gets all the info, cab #, name, etc....says when we get to Sahara to not pay the driver and wait for authorities to show up.
Well we get there and bill is almost $30, and I tell the driver we are not paying. Now I'm mad, cuz this has never happened and it's a bad start to our otherwise wonderful trip. Plus I think it's a felony when you are cutting into my 'bloody mary' drinking time and gambling.
Police & Taxi authority get there - rip him a new a*&hole, write him a bunch of tickets. We have to sign an affadavit so he gets taken to court. Come to find out his radio is not even working and he gets fined for that. Idiot. But the authorities were super cool to us and thanked us for handling it right then and there. Said there's too many people that want to register a complaint when they get back from their trip and it's too little, too late.
Worked out fine for us, free cab ride so money ahead to start, but I was worried the whole trip that we'd get in this driver's cab by mistake and he'd drive us right out to the desert. Haha.