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?Minicab? rapist tricked victim
2008-02-26 23:43:00
A WOMAN trying to get home after a row with her boyfriend was raped by a man who offered her a lift. (...)
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Pair attack minicab driver
2008-02-26 23:40:00
By Ali Davies A minicab driver was punched and kicked by two passengers who tried to rob him early today. (...)
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Heathrow airport transfers - mini cab or chauffeurs?
2008-02-26 23:29:00
Has anyone noticed the number of mini-cab firms now claiming to offer chauffeur driven cars? There seem to be hundreds of them! (...)
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Shadows of the London taxi lobby
2008-02-26 22:03:00
New guidelines that threaten two years in prison not just for drivers who use mobile phones or smoke but those who use satnav while behind the wheel solve a long-standing conundrum for me. (...)
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Taxi Ride Proceeded Killing, Court Told
2008-02-26 21:54:00
Bob Mitchell Staff Reporter   A Brampton man and the woman he killed took a bizarre taxi ride before their deadly fight, a court heard today. (...)
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Taxi Ride Proceeded Killing, Court Told
2008-02-26 21:53:00
Bob Mitchell Staff Reporter   A Brampton man and the woman he killed took a bizarre taxi ride before their deadly fight, a court heard today. (...)
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GPS in cabs could point finger at true scofflaws
2008-02-25 19:29:00
The traffic on Third Ave. Monday morning kept even the most impatient cabbies to a safe crawl, but there was still a skid mark on the sidewalk outside Docks Oyster Bar. The night before, an out-of-control taxi had jumped the curb here and struck a TV news chopper pilot. Paul Smith had mastered his piloting skills in Vietnam, and he survived that war only to be killed at the age of 60 by acab outside a Manhattan restaurant. The cops suggest the cabbie was speeding. The cabbie insists otherwise. As this remains a country where everyone is presumed innocent until proved otherwise, the cabbie was not charged. The suspicion remains, and if the cabbie is as blameless as he claims, then he should be foremost among those who support a GPS that records a taxi’s speed. City taxis are being equipped with GPS devices, but they only kick in with the meter and are intended simply to mark where a trip begins and ends, not the velocity in between. A little geek work could enable th...
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Three rescued as cabs flips onto its side
2008-02-25 19:04:00
Two female passengers helped clear before fire crews cut driver out. A cab driver was cut out of his vehicle by rescue crews on Monday morning after it was flipped onto its side at a pedestrian crossing in Kempston. Firefighters removed the roof of the stricken Toyota Avensis to allow ambulance service staff to free the man, who appeared to be trapped behind the steering wheel. The driver, who was in a One Atlas Cars minicab, was eased out of the wreckage in the High Street at around 11.30am and taken on a stretcher into a waiting ambulance. He is not thought to have been seriously injured. The crash happened at a crossing near the roundabout outside the Lidl supermarket at around 10.50am.  Senior collision investigator PC Roly Hockenhull said the private hire vehicle was approaching the crossing from the Wootton direction when, for reasons now being investigated, it swerved off the road. The Toyota, which was carrying two female passengers, collided with a Belisha beacon and...
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New taxi scheme is launched
2008-02-25 19:01:00
A SPECIAL taxi service for people who have difficultly using public transport is up and running in Cambourne. The Cambourne Taxi Card Scheme will also be available to those who do not have access to a car or any other means of transport. The system works by offering subsidised taxi card vouchers that can be used with some local taxi companies and Cambridge Dial-a-Ride. The aim is to help people get to and from medical appointments at Hinchingbrooke and Addenbrooke’s hospitals, or simply to the shops. Vouchers cost 75p each and are available in booklets of 10 or 20. Each 75p voucher has a value of £2.50 and can be used to pay the taxi fare. Vouchers and further details about eligibility for the scheme are available from Cambridgeshire County Council on 01223 717755. http://www.taxiblog.co.uk/2337/new-taxi-s cheme-is-launched/
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IT’S NOT FARE, BLASTS ANGRY CABBIE JOHN
2008-02-25 17:03:00
A BRASSED-off cabbie who was ordered to remove a safety message from his private hire car has slammed licensing chiefs. John Dunlop, 61, was so concerned about passengers failing to belt up in the back seat he had a warning sign made up to make sure they weren’t putting themselves at risk. But now he has been forced to get rid of the sign on the rear passenger window – because it breaches advertising rules. Disgusted John, who works out of Johnstone, hit out after he was told by Renfrewshire Council to remove the sign that urge travellers to fasten their seat belt or face a fine. The cabbie says the move by Renfrewshire Council to make him remove the warning is ridiculous and compromising passenger safety. Mr Dunlop added: “They told me they have orders and have got to go by the book. They said that if they allowed me to keep the letters on the window it could lead to more people doing the same. They asked ‘what would then happen if 1,500 cars did it?’...
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Taxi drivers stage noisy protest outside Palestra
2008-02-25 16:54:00
Dozens of London taxis converged on the London Development Agency’s Blackfriars Road HQ on Wednesday lunchtime to protest against a new scheme some cab drivers claim is "racist". Taxi drivers constantly sounded their horns and blew whistles as they drove round and round the London Development Agency’s offices in the Palestra building opposite Southwark tube station. The hour-long demo was organised by the Elephant and Castle-based London Cab Drivers Club. Last week the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency announced a new scheme to encourage more women and people from black, asian and minority ethnic communities, who are currently significantly under-represented in the taxi industry, to train to become licensed taxi drivers. The LCDC claims that this scheme "is an attempt at social engineering where the result will be to create division among black, Asian and white people where none exists within the taxi trade at this time". http://www.t...
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Given the run around by illegal minicabs
2008-02-25 16:52:00
By Ryan Kisiel     ILLEGAL minicabs have racked up tens of thousands of pounds in parking fines - with the cash not being collected. The unlicensed taxis are targeting supermarket shoppers in Rye Lane, Peckham, by offering them lifts for rates cheaper than official drivers. The South London Press has learnt that four of these illegal drivers have been given more than £5,000 in parking fines. The drivers, who cops say live outside the borough, have not paid Southwark council’s charges and parking bosses are finding it difficult to track them down. Superintendent Victor Olisa from Southwark police said: "We’ve had a problem with unlicensed taxis operating out of this area for quite a while. People are unsure of the difference between a licensed and unlicensed minicab which can add to the confusion. "We want people not to use them for their own safety and have been campaigning for this." Susan Jones, ward councillor for The Lane, said: &quo...
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BANNED…The taxi drivers who can’t speak English.
2008-02-25 16:47:00
By Paul Broster  Have your say   IMMIGRANTS were last night banned from becoming taxi drivers unless they can pass an English test. Council chiefs are insisting all new cabbies have a good grasp of the language before they are allowed on the road. The move in Manchester follows complaints from customers. Under a 12-month pilot scheme, applicants will sit a 15-minute oral test. Licensing officers will ask them to “describe a recent journey you took” or “describe your favourite place in England”. Applicants will also have to prove they understand common expressions such as “Can you drop me after the lights?” and “Can I have a receipt?”. The test will be followed by a basic maths exam to prove the cabbie can hand out the correct change. They will also have to prove they can use an A-Z. More than half of Manchester’s 3,000 black cab and private hire drivers do not have English as a first language. George Simms, of the Tax...
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Taxi union leader says another cab strike is possible
2007-10-01 19:31:00
Another cab strike is a "very strong possibility," the head of the taxi union said yesterday, and drivers will decide their next move tonight. (...)
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FlatFare taxi scheme off to fair start
2007-10-01 19:28:00
The first weekend of the Mooloolaba taxi rank FlatFare trial has been called a “moderate success”. (...)
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Taxi - from Coventry to Shanghai
2007-09-26 23:12:00
Manufacturing editor John Revill speaks to John Russell, the chief executive of taxi-maker Manganese Bronze about the firm’s plans to launch into China. (...)
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Fight Between City And Taxi Drivers Heads To Court
2007-09-26 23:10:00
First there was the two day strike; now the fight between taxi drivers and the city shifts into court. (...)
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After 100 Years, a New Era Flowers for Taxis
2007-09-25 22:02:00
  The brothers behind the painted flowers dotting yellow cabs throughout the city are not quite Christo and Jeanne-Claude. (...)
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Workers taken for a ride by Dubai taxi drivers
2007-09-25 22:02:00
Dubai: Taxi drivers are running an illegal carpooling service right under the noses of Roads and Transport Authority inspectors assigned to catch illegal private taxi operators. (...)
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Women jailed for taxi robbery
2007-09-25 22:01:00
TWO young women - one of whom is pregnant - have been jailed for robbing a taxi driver. (...)
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Taxi fares to rise
2007-09-20 20:09:00
Victorian taxi fares will increase by just over one per cent this weekend. The State Government has approved the rise in line with recommendations from the Essential Services Commission. (...)
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Family start green taxi business
2007-09-20 20:08:00
A FAMILY from Dunmow has launched its own eco-friendly private hire car company. (...)
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O2 taxis offer free calls
2007-09-20 20:07:00
Taxi passengers are to receive free calls to all UK national and mobile numbers in O2 branded cabs across London and Birmingham on the back of a new deal between the mobile phone brand and TaxiMedia. (...)
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Cab Driver Stabbed in Mercer County
2007-08-08 22:35:00
BLUEFIELD – A cab driver was stabbed late Monday in the Hardees parking lot at the corner of Bluefield Avenue and Spruce Street. (...)
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Cabbie wins over royal favour
2007-08-08 22:35:00
An ex-cabby who has had the likes of Ingrid Bergman and Dusty Springfield on his back seat has published a book about drivers who navigated London’s roads throughout the Blitz. (...)
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Taxi firm wins back licence
2007-08-08 22:34:00
A TAXI firm which lost its licence after refusing to pick up a blind pensioner because she had a guide dog has successfully challenged the ruling. (...)
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Taxi driver an extremely dangerous job
2007-08-07 23:22:00
A Seattle P-I photo ("Cause of taxi fire unknown," Friday) showed men in white shirts and black pants wearing turbans with expressions of sadness and concern as a burned taxicab was raised onto the bed of a tow truck. (...)
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Man found dead after stealing taxi at Telok Blangah
2007-08-07 23:20:00
SINGAPORE: A man was found dead about half an hour after stealing a taxi at Telok Blangah early Tuesday. The owner of the taxi had stopped at Telok Blangah Crescent at 5am to buy newspapers. (...)
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N.Y. taxi agency says cabs will get GPS technology, despite strike threat
2007-08-07 23:20:00
New York City taxi officials say that a new GPS system and other technology upgrades opposed by cab drivers will be installed and used as planned in coming months, despite a threatened strike by some cabbies. (...)
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Savvy cabby loses fare, foils getaway
2007-08-07 00:15:00
RALEIGH - When Simon Nyaga drove his cab well over the speed limit with both blinkers on and his horn blaring downtown Friday afternoon, he wasn’t prepping for a job in New York City. (...)
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