Other common complaints include rude drivers and refusal to haul.

Linton said in the next 12 months, the Commission expects to license at least 1,800 new drivers “trained to a different level, with a big emphasis on customer relations.”

DCTC spokesperson Neville Waters said that there is no plan “to form a special task force” to find cabs without readers, “but Hack Inspectors will be diligently looking for violators.”

D.C. taxicabs will have to offer credit card payment options by March 31. The choice of technology will be theirs, though.