On a serious note, with the talk of taxi pricing...

[Rob]

To add to Cap's comments, proving that relationship is not easy. If your friend is a known taxi operator, your chance is next to zero. If they are a bank manager with no history of acting as a taxi, your chance is much better. But if there is any hint of money transactions, even in the past, your chance can quickly go back to zero...

A taxi driver friend of mine was recently driving a visitor in his personal car (white plate), not his taxi. He was doing it for free because they were both heading to HiLo. My friend heard him talking with a mutual acquaintance about HiLo so he offered to give him a lift. They got stopped and his vehicle was seized and that free ride ended up costing my friend about j$60,000...

There was no way for either of them to prove no money changed hands, and it would an illegal taxi to boot.

When traveling in someone's personal car and you are a visitor, there can be consequences for you and the driver.

Please use legal red plated transportation for everyone's sake.

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When traveling in someone's personal car and you are a visitor, there can be consequences for you and the driver.

Wow…I really needed to read this. I ride with friends, not all the time but a lot. Confirming they have active insurance was my only priority. But now I’m learning even with insurance, should there be an accident not only will I be denied compensation, but the owner/driver could also be denied or penalized because I (visitor) was in the car.

"Proof of relationship". I’m sure this is true and I'm not questioning anyone who made this statement; however are the owners aware of these conditions?? Is it written in the policies? I’m asking because a friend just informed me he’s surrendering his red plates but I can ride with him still because he’ll have white plates. Now I’m not so excited about the change.