Actually what I meant was, they want public intox charges to be applied if a cabbie calls a cop on an unruly passenger. Even if a contract has been made.
As it is, the cabbie has all the blackmail rights over the tipsy passenger now under this decision. If you don’t tip me real good I’ll call a cop. Why would he want it narrowed?
Which would be the opposite of what I envisioned, except that a cop could swoop down on a cab with a tipsy passenger any time and take the passenger away — then the cabbie has to sue to get paid. Even in small claims court that will eat up more money in the cabbie’s time than it’s worth.