Letter about awful cab ride

Patricia Dando
District 10 Council Member
City Hall
801 North First St.
San Jose, CA 95110

Councilwoman Dando:
This is Thanksgiving Day and my wife, son and I are waiting at San Jose International Airport waiting for our flight. The reason I am writing is to ask for your help. This morning we had the scariest car ride I have ever had. It was in Taxi 2231 of Rainbow Cab Company. The driver was an older man named Vladimir, he picked us up at 7am, his cab was a van. I would give you more information but the name printed on the cab licenses issued by the City of San Jose are so small that older cab passengers, such as myself, could not read it without holding it very close and using reading glasses. Vladimere's taxi license was dangling from his review mirror and try as I did, I could not read his name.

I was seated directly behind and slightly to the right of the driver. I could clearly see the speedometer registering 85 mph, he was tailgating other drivers and he was cutting off other cars. My wife had to grab onto a hand rail, she had her eyes closed, I complained to the driver and he would not slow down.

After the ride I called the Rainbow Cab Company and their dispatcher would not release the driver's name. So, all I know is his name and the number of the cab (2231.) Can you help me get the information I need to file a complaint with the appropriate city licensing agency? Also, can you try to have the city either put a big number on the license that can be read at a distance or print the driver's name very large on the licenses so we can report unsafe drivers?

Vladimere is unsafe and I believe he is going to kill somebody driving the way he does. In my opinion this is not the kind of driver, or company, San Jose should be licensing to drive cabs in San Jose.

~Steve Sloan