Judge orders woman to walk for 30 miles for bailing on cab fare

An American judge recently ordered a woman to walk 30 miles for not paying the taxi fare for the distance she travelled.

Prosecutors said that Bascom called a taxi to take her the 30 miles from Cleveland to Painesville, having been out at a bar with friends.

The woman told the judge that she got out of the cab with another woman once they reached their destination.

She said that the other two passengers said that they would pay for the taxi but when they couldn't, the taxi driver came to her door, with the police arriving shortly after, the Independent reported.

In court, the judge gave her a choice i.e. to either spend 60 days in Lake County jail, or walk the distance of the taxi journey she bailed on, within 48 hours.

The woman is also sentenced to four months probation, and ordered to pay 100 dollars to the taxi company concerned.