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Don't Wait for Enforcement, Take Safety Recalls JULY 2019 www.taxiliverytimes.com Vol.20 No. 7 Share Lea los this issue artículos en with a español. friend & An Insider’s Look at Both NYC TLC Regulated Industries DON’T WAIT FOR ENFORCEMENT, TAKE SAFETY RECALLS SERIOUSLY NNOO EESSPPEERREE AA QQUUEE SSEEAA OOBBLLIIGGAATTOORRIIOO,, TTOOMMEE EENN SSEERRIIOO LLOOSS LLLLAAMMAADDOOSS AA RREEVVIISSIIÓÓNN PPOORR SSEEGGUURRIIDDAADD NYC TO EXTEND FHV JEFFREY ROTH TO CABBIES TO GET $10 ALL NYC SCHOOL CAP, CRACK DOWN BE NEW TLC MILLION BREAK, ZONES TO GET ON “CRUISING” CHAIR/COMMISSIONER LOAN SAFEGUARDS SPEED CAMERAS TAXI & LIVERY TIMES 2 • • JULY 2019 TLC DRIVER SERVICES, INC. TLC DRIVER SCHOOL All TLC Summonses TLC DRIVER SCHOOL DMV Traffic Tickets Offering AALLLL Required TLC Driver Classes The TLC Driving Institute was founded by industry experts to provide the highest level of education A dedicated team of lawyers for Black Car / For-Hire Vehicle (FHV), SHL and providing the necessary Taxi Drivers. It is also our mission to deliver the expertise, knowledge and experience to effectively most convenient and accommodating classes represent all licensees – and programs in NYC. including drivers, vehicle owners & base owners – in the transportation industry. New TLC Base Applications 718-729-4700 It’s about time that you defend yourself 3 Convenient Locations and protect your Long 3Island1-00 47th City, Avenue NY 11101 DMV & TLC License! (Inside the TLC Building-1st floor) 60-19 Woodside,Roosevelt Avenue NY 11377 - 2nd floor 7 Train to Woodside-61st St Stop Gregory Gallo Bronx,135 Lincoln NY 10454 Ave., Attorney at Law 6 Train to 138th Street Station 718-255-9500 We handle all 2244 HOURHOUR CLASSESCLASSES TLC and DMV DAYDAY && NIGHTNIGHT CLASSESCLASSES matters! CUSTOMIZABLECUSTOMIZABLE SCHEDULESSCHEDULES FINALFINAL EXAMEXAM TESTINGTESTING Our goal is to give you the best legal WHEELCHAIRWHEELCHAIR (WAV)(WAV) CLASSCLASS defense available and to keep your license protected at all times. DEFENSIVEDEFENSIVE DRIVINGDRIVING COURSECOURSE (DDC)(DDC) www.TLCservices.nyc [email protected] [email protected] • www.TLCdriver.nyc TAXI & LIVERY TIMES DON’T C OME B ACKJU LYE 201M9 • P TY • 3 FROM THE AIRPOR TS EARDNo w nlEoadX theT CaRrmeAl Ap p MT oda Oy* anNd EY! the Carmel has t Pickups Most Airpor ervice of ANY Car S City in New York No Out of P ock et C os t Mor e T rips No Need t o Change Base Mor e MONEY Car & Lim e o CALL K OREN NO W: id S v w c d . l 212-6 62- 7393 r o OR C OME T O VISIT OUR B ASE A T W 36- 31 10TH S TREET , LIC (L ong Island Cit y), NY 11106 CarmelDriv er s@gmail. com * MUST OWN AN ANDROID SMART PHONE BA SE #B00 256 *MUS T BE AFFILIA TED WITH A LIVER Y B ASE. *30 Minut es T raining needed t o ge t s tart ed. TAXI & LIVERY TIMES BY NEIL WEISS 4 • • JULY 2019 EDITOR’S NOTES REPORT SHOWS MANY DRIVERS UN INFORME MUESTRA QUE MUCHOS CONDUCTORES IGNORAN SERIOS LLAMADOS IGNORE SERIOUS SAFETY RECALLS A REVISIÓN POR MOTIVOS DE SEGURIDAD Recientemente, Consumer Reports (CR) analizó en detalle una lista de vehícu - los de alquiler ( For-Hire Vehicles, FHV ) y taxis registrados en la Comisión de Taxis y Consumer Reports (CR) recently took a deep dive into a list Taxi & Limousine Commission, TLC of For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs) and Taxis registered with the New Limusinas ( ) de la ciudad de Nueva York y descubrió que una impresionante cantidad de llamados a revisión de defectos que ponen en York City Taxi & Limousine (TLC) and found that a shocking riesgo la seguridad permanecen desatendidos. CR – una organización sin fines de number of safety recall defects remain unaddressed. CR – a non- lucro dedicada a realizar pruebas de productos y periodismo de investigación im - profit organization dedicated to unbiased product testing and in - parciales– determinó que uno de cada seis vehículos de alquiler tenía uno o más lla - mados a revisión por motivos de seguridad pendientes. vestigative journalism – determined that one in six FHVs had CR controló casi 94,000 FHV de la ciudad de Nueva York y del condado de King one or more open safety recall. (Washington), con sede en Seattle, dos importantes centros de servicios basados en CR checked nearly 94,000 FHVs in New York City and King County, aplicaciones, donde los gobiernos locales exigen a los conductores que trabajan con Washington (home to Seattle) – two major hubs for app-based services, aplicaciones que registren los vehículos y obtengan licencias adicionales. Todos los where local governments require app drivers to register vehicles and años, los vehículos de alquiler, los vehículos Black Car, los servicios de vehículos de High Volume For-Hire Vehicle Services, obtain additional licensing. Liveries, Black Cars, HVFHVs, Limousines alquiler con grandes volúmenes de viajes ( HVFHV ), las limusinas y los taxis de la ciudad de Nueva York deben pasar múlti - and Cabs in NYC must pass multiple inspections each year, but safety ples inspecciones, pero los llamados a revisión por motivos de seguridad no están recalls are not on the checklist of items that determine whether you en la lista de exigencias que determinan si se aprueba o no una inspección. Según pass or fail. According to The Press Democrat , although the TLC checks The Press Democrat , aun cuando la TLC verifica si los titulares de sus licencias whether its licensees have outstanding recalls and sends reminders to tienen llamados a revisión pendientes y envía recordatorios a los dueños de los ve - vehicle owners, it relies on outside data, and therefore does not currently hículos, para hacerlo se basa en datos externos y, por consiguiente, no toma medidas take enforcement actions against those who have missed recall repairs. de cumplimiento en el momento contra quienes han ignorado las reparaciones aso - When compiling the data, CR’s staff processed Vehicle Identification ciadas a los llamados a revisión. Al recopilar los datos, el personal de CR procesó los Números de Identificación Numbers (VINs) through a tool developed by Carfax. You can also use de los Vehículos ( Vehicle Identification Numbers, VIN ) a través de una herramienta the same tool and check if your car has an open recall at desarrollada por Carfax. Usted también puede usar la misma herramienta y www.carfax.com/recall/ . averiguar si su auto tiene un llamado a revisión pendiente en www.carfax.com/re - Some of the vehicles CR checked had as many as five or more un - call/ . fixed recalls, including defects that could cause components to catch fire Algunos de los vehículos que controló CR tenían, como mínimo, cinco llamados or engines to shut down entirely. One recall, for faulty airbags from a revisión sin resolver, algunos de los cuales involucraban defectos capaces de in - cendiar componentes o inutilizar los motores. Un llamado a revisión por airbags de - Japanese manufacturer, Takata, has been linked to 24 deaths world - fectuosos del fabricante japonés Takata ha sido vinculado a 24 muertes en todo el wide. The airbags remain in 1,274 of the vehicles cited in CR’s review mundo. Al mes de enero de 2019, los airbags seguían estando en 1,274 de los vehícu - (about 1.4%), as of January 2019. los mencionados en la reseña de CR (aproximadamente el 1.4 %). It was not apparent whether any serious accidents have been caused No se pudo determinar si algún accidente grave fue causado por problemas aso - by an issue related to an open safety recall in NYC, but the fact that ciados a un llamado a revisión de seguridad desatendido en la ciudad de Nueva CR found so many is staggering. While the rate of open recalls on FHVs York, pero el hecho de que CR haya descubierto tantos es alarmante. Si bien la tasa de llamados a revisión de vehículos de alquiler y taxis pendientes era prácticamente and Taxis was about the same as regular vehicles, TLC-regulated driv - la misma que en los vehículos comunes, los conductores regulados por la TLC deben, ers are rightfully held to a higher standard. It is, in fact, the responsi - como es lógico, atenerse a criterios más estrictos. De hecho, es responsabilidad de bility of all professional drivers in NYC to do everything in their power todos los conductores profesionales de la ciudad de Nueva York hacer todo lo que to ensure the safety of their customers. It is also their responsibility to esté en su poder para garantizar la seguridad de sus clientes. También es su re - do everything in their power to get home safely after each shift, and not sponsabilidad hacer todo lo posible para volver a su casa sanos y salvos después de put other drivers at risk when they are out on the road. cada turno, y no poner en peligro a otros conductores cuando estén en la carretera. As part of their study, CR concluded that safety recall laws in NYC Como parte de su estudio, CR concluyó que la legislación de Nueva York en relación con las revisiones por motivos de seguridad debe ampliarse y mejorarse, y need to be expanded and improved, and we agree – but we also feel estamos de acuerdo, pero también creemos firmemente que no se debería esperar a strongly that you shouldn’t wait for the TLC to create more rules for que la TLC cree más normas para tener que cumplirlas. En lugar de eso, verifique you to follow. Instead, check whether your car has an open recall at si su auto tiene un llamado a revisión pendiente en www.carfax.com/recall/ o www.carfax.com/recall/ or download the myCarfax app at www.mycar - descargue la aplicación myCarfax en www.mycarfax.com /, escriba el número de fax.com/ , type in your license plate number and immediately see placa de su licencia y vea inmediatamente si ha desatendido algún llamado a re - whether or not it has an open safety recall.
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