Inspector: Antoinette Thompson, Route Inspector
Incident: 6/11/2023 at 2:04pm, Free Town, Clarendon
Vehicle: Toyota Probox, registration PN0963
Offender: Andre Jones
Offences: unlawfully deceiving passengers as to the fares for a journey
Allegations: Four Old Harbour High School student passengers who were identified to be paying passengers were present in the car. I questioned the driver and passengers and asked if the students had paid fares and hey stated yes, when asked the amount for the fare, the students stated they paid fares of $150 JMD each for their journey from Old Harbour and they would be coming off at Savannah Cross. The driver was again cautioned and asked if he knew the amount for the fare. To which he admitted that even though he knew the correct fare to collect for the students was $120 JMD. He had to collect $150 because he has always been charging $150 and that he �had to take gas into consideration.� I informed the driver that by law students in uniform paid half of the adult fare. I informed the driver that the established fare for adults was $240. Therefore, the student should be paying $120 for their fares. I informed the driver that by charging the students $150 and not $120 h was committing an offence and that he would be prosecuted for unlawfully deceiving passengers as to the fare for a journey.
Court: May Pen Traffic Court, 24/1/2024