Drivers fail to stop the introduction of printed receipts in Warsaw taxis

Beginning on January 1, 2002, all Warsaw taxis will have to be fitted with equipment for printing receipts. In allowing the introduction of the printe rs, the Supreme Administrative Court (NSA) rejected a complaint submitted by the Solidarity trade union representing the taxi drivers, who claimed that the imprecise regulation did not form a substantial basis for such a signif icant change to the interior of taxis. The controversial new regulation is aimed at improving the quality of taxi services in the city. In the first h alf of 2001, 31 out of 95 taxi drivers investigated were found to have viol ated the regulations relating to receipts. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, C1) J.K.