Below is an email to Andy Pollack (PSC Tranportation Department Director) by myself

As a cab driver in the Omaha area, I would like to know the parameters in which a business called "Prince of the Road Transport Service", operates.

They have been a consistent pain in our "fares" all over the Omaha area with them picking up cash orders off the street and delivering them anywhere in town. To me, that sounds like a cab-company without the meters installed or just another "Jitney Service"

Questions:
How do they determine the price of the fare? How often are they inspected? What type of "Professional License or Permit requirements do the drivers have to possess? Are they Drug/Alcohol tested? At what time intervals? Have they been Background Checked? All of the above are requirements to be a taxi driver for the company I work for (Which is consolidated with 4 other cab companies and totals about 100 drivers). All of the above (EXCEPT drug and alcohol testing) are requirements to be a taxi driver/company in the Omaha area.

Also:
Some of the "elderly or disabled" that they pick up do not know where to complain i.e. Late Pick-Ups...Rude drivers...or Dirty and Broken-Down vehicles.

This really deserves some further investigation as I believe they should...

1. Have road worthy vehicles
2. Have sufficient insurance in place (not just "Filed" but 'IN FORCE INSURANCE')...
3. Have to Maintain some sort of License Requirements
4. Be Background Tested at the State Level (Not just at the company level
5. Be Drug and Alcohol Tested

Plus:
I have heard that they are not allowed in the Lincoln area. Why invade our city when the capital city is protected? When? Where and How did this happen without our knowledge?

A few of us would love to start a "Transport Service" to gather lucrative State contracts. Please send me the rule book, if there is one.

Thank you for your ear:

Questions, Comments, Answers?
Tom Rose

Again, below is YOUR PSC (Tranportation Department) people in which to contact if you have questions:

Andy Pollock Director apollock@mail.state.ne.us
John Schmidt Rate Analyst jschmidt@mail.state.ne.us
Susan Lamborn Court Reporter/Secretary slamborn@mail.state.ne.us
Robert Harrison Investigator