This is absolutely ridiculous. Once upon a time a bus company didn't want to let black folks sit in the front of the bus if there were white passengers present -- we saw what happened there.
Any sort of signal that allows for discrimination when dealing with a legal transaction should be discouraged, if not banned. If you're a hack (in most areas) I'm pretty sure that there are strict conditions upon which you can refuse a fare, and this is not one of them. If they can't deal with the notion that Americans purchase and consume alcohol, then they should be driving cabs in a country that doesn't allow it.
Passengers at the airport should turn the tables on them -- they shouldn't ride in *any* taxi that has this light on it, even if they don't have alcohol among their belongings (which, last time I checked, was none of the driver's business anyway).
Bingo! Spot on.
This has been stopped.......the Airport Commission said the out-cry against this crap was tremendous.
I suspect they also figured out that if the cabs were identified as mussies people would refuse to ride in them.
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