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Málaga taxi driver fined for wearing pirate trousers
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By h.b. - Jul 18, 2008 - 7:45 AM
Fernando B. told the Diario Sur newspaper that he has a large mortgage and hopes he will not have to pay the 276 € fine.

Local police in Málaga have fined a taxi driver in the city for driving in Rafa Nadal style pirate trousers. It comes as article 41B of the local by laws regulating taxis states:
‘All the drivers of taxis with a municipal licence must carry out their service ‘properly clean and correctly dressed’.

Diario Sur reports that 25 year old Fernando B. now faces a fine of upto 276 € after being stopped by the police outside the Plaza Mayor leisure centre last Tuesday.

He claimed that he was well dressed with the trousers which went below the knee, and claimed that other drivers had sometimes picked up clients wearing just a bathing costume and flip-flops.


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Readers' comments:
Er_Guiri
19 Jul 2008, 14:04
Yes, but those drivers did that before the new regulations were written up. I'm sorry but presentation is half the job. If you've got air-conditioning in the car, then there's no excuse to drive around working as if you've just come off the beach!
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