1 in 7 credit card rides successfully refused in NYC (more attempted)

47—"slightly" accepted credit cards.
9 drivers refused to accept credit cards at all.
1 driver accepted the credit card, and then tried to levy his own $0.35 transaction fee.

The nine drivers who refused offered a litany of poor excuses, including:
"There is a minimum cab fare for credit card use." (There isn't, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.)
There is a 35-cent transaction fee for credit cards." (Not so.)
"It's too short a ride." (No such thing.)
"It better be a good credit card." (Passengers can always pay with cash if the card is declined.)
The device doesn't have to be activated until the new year. (If it is installed, passengers can use it.)

If a cabbie gives you a hard time, you are in good company—Matthew Daus, New York's Taxi Commissioner, has been twice refused.