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When will taxi drivers learn some manners?
2007-08-07 00:14:00 Well I have had experience with buses and taxis, I wonder which amazing school of rudeness do all these public transport drivers go to because its not the only one time but umpteen times I have experienced the wonderful service (pun intended). (...) More About: Drivers , Learn , Taxi , Manner , Manners
?Taliban? cabby attacks passengers
2007-08-07 00:12:00 A man suffered stab wounds after being attacked by a knife-wielding taxi driver after a heated exchange during a pick up in Hounslow The incident happened when the 21-year-old victim and two other passengers got into a taxi around 5pm on Sunday, July 29. (...) More About: Taliban , Attacks , Passengers , Tacks , Attack
Taxi access recomendations for Europe ? what about UK?
2007-08-02 16:46:00 In 2006 discussions took place to devise a suitable set of specifications for accessible taxis across Europe . (...) More About: Access , Taxi , Dati , Rope
Cabbies go back to work
2007-08-02 16:45:00 Taxi drivers in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China’s Henan Province, returned to work yesterday, ending a two-day strike aimed at securing more autonomy from taxi management companies. (...) More About: Work , Back
Find a cheaper airport taxi
2007-08-02 16:44:00 THE first step of your trip abroad can often be a costly one, but now a businessman has come up with a scheme that may help you find cheaper taxis to and from the airport. (...) More About: Airport , Find , Taxi
London?s Black Cabs Go Bio Powered
2007-08-01 16:53:00 Radio Taxis Group Limited, the UK’s largest black cab operators, today took steps to cut carbon dioxide emissions across its 3,000 strong black cab fleet. (...) More About: London , Black , Lack
Carey, girlfriend and a cabbie
2007-08-01 16:50:00 AFL love rat Wayne Carey and his latest girlfriend Kate Nielson have left a Sydney cabbie out of pocket after a boozy end to a four-day holiday for the controversial couple. (...) More About: Girlfriend
A lesson for cabbies
2007-08-01 16:49:00 A school for wannabe cabbies has opened its doors to teach drivers everything they need to know about the trade. (...) More About: Lesson , Esso
Passengers in Plymouth spurn other taxis for LTI?s TX4
2007-07-26 20:12:00 Passengers at Plymouth ’s taxi ranks are shunning van and saloon taxis in favour of the iconic London black cab. (...) More About: Axis , Passengers , Taxi
Good heavens! Cabby stuck with 666
2007-07-26 20:11:00 SAN FRANCISCO — For taxi driver Michael Byrne, this city’s mean streets have turned a lot meaner since he was cursed with a medallion number he insists has brought him nothing but bad luck. (...) More About: Good
Deadly cabbie found guilty
2007-07-10 23:13:00 A TAXI driver who ran down a rowdy teen passenger was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter. (...) More About: Guilty , Deadly
Body found in burned taxi cab near Sea-Tac airport
2007-07-10 23:12:00 Dozens of Sikhs gathered in a SeaTac neighborhood today, mourning the death of a local taxi driver. The victim, also Sikh, was found dead in his cab about 3:30 a.m. (...) More About: Body , Airport , Taxi , Burn
Show proves TX4 is drivers? favourite
2007-07-10 23:10:00 Latest London taxi the TX4 has proved again it is a hit with drivers after a survey among those who tested it at a trade event showed the vast majority rated it very good or excellent. (...) More About: Drivers , Show , Rove , Prove
Middletown Taxi Driver Shoots, Wounds Man
2007-07-09 18:15:00 MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A Middletown taxi driver is charged with felonious assault after police said he shot and wounded a man Saturday night. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi , Shoots
Getting a cab? Easy, say 3 in 4 tourists
2007-07-09 18:14:00 Despite the brickbats from locals and the occasional foreign letter-writer for their alleged disappearing acts during peak hours, Singapore’s taxi drivers didn’t fare too badly in a TODAY poll of 100 tourists. (...) More About: Tourists , Easy , Tourist
Taxi driver threatened by youth
2007-07-09 18:13:00 Police are examining CCTV footage in a bid to trace a youth who tried to rob a 61-year-old taxi driver in Dundee. The incident happened in the city’s Mull Terrace around 2355 BST on Friday. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Youth , Driver , Taxi , Threat
Two men assault taxi cab driver
2007-07-03 22:07:00 Two men punched, kneed and yelled at a cab driver on Canada Day, leading to charges, city police said. (...) More About: Assault , Driver , Taxi , Saul
Terror Plot Suspect Traced Via Taxi Call
2007-07-03 21:55:00 A taxi firm used by one of the Glasgow airport terror suspects has told how it was visited by police just minutes before the failed attack. David McCulloch, a director of the Paisley Cab Company, told Sky News that officers "did not bat an eyelid" when the news of the flaming Jeep came through. (...) More About: Terror , Call , Trac , Taxi , Suspect
Two die as taxi crashes into tree
2007-07-02 23:50:00 Two men have died after a taxi left the road and hit a tree in Northumberland. Police said the crash happened on the A68 northbound at Beukley Bank, near Hexham, in the early hours of Sunday. (...) More About: Tree , Taxi , Crashes
Cabbie picks up hybrid trend
2007-07-02 23:50:00 With concerns about global warming on the rise, Fred Fugiel’s new taxi is turning the longtime Chicago cabbie into a bit of a celebrity. (...) More About: Hybrid , Trend
Driver chokes to death on chewing gum in collision
2007-06-28 17:00:00 A LEXUS driver is believed to have choked to death on a wad of chewing gum that slipped into his trachea thanks to the big bump he received when his car was involved in a collision. (...) More About: Driver , Death , Chewing Gum , Chewing , Choke
Teen given bail for mugging cabbie
2007-06-28 16:59:00 The State Government is seeking a report on how a teenager accused of mugging a taxi driver was granted bail. (...)
Taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting woman
2007-06-28 16:57:00 Grapevine police were investigating Wednesday a report that a woman was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver. Sgt. Todd Dearing said the incident took place between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Monday. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Woman , Taxi , Accu
Tracking and Video: Coming Soon to a Taxi Near You
2007-06-28 00:01:00 In a matter of months, New Yorkers riding in taxicabs will have more to look at than the view. (...) More About: Video , Tracking , Trac , Taxi , Ming
Man jailed for attempted raid on taxi driver
2007-06-28 00:00:00 A 21 year-old Navan man was jailed for three years at the Circuit Court in Trim last week for the attempted robbery of a local taxi driver. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi , Raid , Temp
2 face prison in taxi driver?s killing
2007-06-27 23:59:00 Two teens face sentencing this afternoon in the slaying of Clarence Hoosier, a cab driver killed during a robbery in August 2006 on Indianapolis’ Eastside. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Face , Prison , Riso
Sydney taxi driver ?became an al-Qaeda boss?
2007-06-27 23:58:00 A former Sydney taxi driver arrested in Lebanon during an anti-terrorism sting has been identified as a possible leader of an al-Qaeda-linked organisation. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Al Qaeda , Boss
Funeral procession for cab driver
2007-06-21 21:51:00 A fleet of taxis has joined the funeral procession of a taxi driver who died after being run over by his own cab. (...) More About: Driver , Procession , Process , Funeral
Cabbie?s fears on smoking ban fine
2007-06-21 21:50:00 A TAXI driver has voiced fears that he and his colleagues might become targets of abuse when the smoking ban comes into force in ten days’ time. (...) More About: Smoking , Fine , Fears , Ears
Another cabbie robbed at gunpoint
More articles from this author:2007-06-21 21:49:00 The number of city cabbies who have been robbed recently at gunpoint has increased to six, police said Wednesday. (...) More About: Robb , Robbed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
