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Cabbie stops for nature's call, is robbed, stripped, tied to a tree 2007-01-13 20:42:12 Deepak Sawant had stopped on a deserted patch on the Eastern Express Highway at Vikhroli when five youth pounced on him
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Mumbai, Jan 13:Â Five youths tied Deepak Sawant's hands and legs before robbing him. This is the first case of robbery on the highway in the past two years
On Wednesday night when Deepak Sawant, 32, [...] Read more:Cabbie
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Undercover Taxi Cab Audit Shows Problems 2007-01-13 20:41:14 The City of Wichita Falls says two local cab companies face a 6 month probabtion period— to clean up thier act. The companies could be under the gun at city hall come this Tuesday.
After numerous complaints–the city put together an undercover audit and found a laundry list of wrongdoings. The companies under investigation - All [...] Read more:Undercover
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Cabbie's costly bribe 2007-01-13 20:40:14 Dean Anglin, a taxi driver from Pleasant Hill near Boy Walk, St. Catherine, was fined $20,000 or six months after he pleaded guilty to offering a $1,000 bribe to a policeman in December last year, for a traffic violation.
Anglin, 46 years old, appeared in the Linstead RM Court on January 10 after he was charged [...] Read more:Cabbie
£38K PO THIEF FLED BY TAXI 2007-01-13 20:38:13 A POSTMASTER who took a taxi home with £38,000 of stolen cash in bags later told a pal: “I’ve done something very silly.” David Gallagher also gave the cabbie a £20 note from a large wad, telling him: “Just keep it. If anyone asks, you have not seen me.” The driver took Gallagher - a [...]
Police decide not to arrest sergeant for assaulting taxi driver 2007-01-13 20:36:17 FUKUSHIMA — Prefectural police have chosen not to arrest a sergeant, who faces charges for assaulting a taxi driver
after an argument Thursday, saying that there is no fear that he will escape or destroy evidence, officials said.
The 58-year-old sergeant took a taxi at around 11 p.m. on Thursday to go home after drinking at [...] Read more:Police
Cabbie sought in hit-and-run crash 2007-01-14 14:05:38 By Dan P. Blake
Chicago police are searching for a taxi driver who sped off after striking and critically injuring a 26-year-old woman in the Wicker Park neighborhood early this morning.
Witnesses reported that the 4-door cab - yellow in color - was driving at a high rate of speed when it ran a red light around [...] Read more:Cabbie
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"Pub taxi saved my business' 2007-01-14 14:03:53 Richard Dunne of Dunne's bar in Stradbally, Co Laois, says the eight-seater people carrier he bought last March has saved
his business from decline.
Richard Dunne of Dunne's bar in Stradbally, Co Laois, says the eight-seater people carrier he bought last March has saved his business from decline.
“I was amazed to hear Gay Byrne [chairman of [...]
Paphos cabbies warn of all-out war 2007-01-14 14:01:55 By Jill Campbell Mackay
Airport illegals are threatening their livelihood and endangering the lives of tourists
PRESIDENT of the Paphos taxi drivers' association, Andreas Zacharia has warned his members are bracing for an "all out war" on unlicensed drivers, who, he claims, are "robbing" legal drivers of around one third of their annual income.
Speaking to the Sunday [...]
Atlantic City cabbie drives would-be robbers to police 2007-01-14 11:03:31 By LYNDA COHEN
Sajid Shah had just driven the four teens in his cab about two miles when he heard one yell that order. Then he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. "A knife," he thought.
That’s when the teen in the passenger seat ran out the door as the car idled on [...] Read more:robbers
Near or far, riding in cabs is an adventure 2007-01-14 11:01:49 By LEON HALE
FOR the first time in several years, I took a taxi in our city. And if this was a typical Houston cab ride, I will say that our taxi drivers can now thrill a customer in world-class style.
I’m not a global traveler by a long stretch, but I’ve crossed the state line a [...]
Taxi driver's 420mph speed ticket 2007-01-14 22:44:45 Â Tom Matthews was carrying a fare in his taxi when he was photographed
A taxi driver has been given a speeding ticket for allegedly driving at 420mph (676km/h) on a city street.
Tom Matthews was photographed while carrying a fare in his 12-year-old diesel Vauxhall Cavalier in Newport.
When a notice of the £60 fine and three penalty [...]
Two charred bodies recovered after taxi accident 2007-01-14 22:41:35 Two charred bodies
have been recovered from a minibus that overturned and caught alight near Marquard in the eastern Free State. Eight other passengers were thrown out of the vehicle.
The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle after a tyre burst. Four people sustained serious injuries and have been admitted to the Senekal Hospital.
The names [...] Read more:accident
"Don't check us alone' 2007-01-14 22:40:22 By Rasbert Turner
Taxi drivers in Portmore are calling on the police to not only check their documents, but also their passengers whenever they stop them to make spot checks.
The cabbies told THE PORTMORE STAR that with the frequent robberies, rape of passengers and murders of taximen, they believe the police should also invest time and [...] Read more:alone
Men held over taxi driver attacks 2007-01-14 22:38:35 Detectives in Leeds have arrested three men after a series of attacks
against taxi drivers in the city.
One driver was threatened with a knife and three had satellite navigation systems stolen during the attacks in the Amberton and Gipton areas.
West Yorkshire Police said they were investigating possible links between the six incidents, and urged people [...]
Woman sexually attacked in taxi 2007-01-14 22:35:22 Â A taxi driver who sexually assaulted a 25-year-old woman in Oxford is being hunted by detectives.
The victim said she caught a black cab near James Street Tavern, off Cowley Road, after a night out on Friday.
“The taxi then stopped in a garage block near Pennywell Drive, Cutteslowe, where the driver subjected her to a serious [...]
Seattle Dog Taxi Shuttles 120 Dogs Per Month! Woof! 2007-01-15 19:51:09 Seattle taxi driver Jen Chiafalo opened the "Seattle Dog Taxi" in September of last year as she recognized a large opportunity. Jen drives dogs for busy pet owners. Sometimes she drives them to doggy day care, the vet or even the boarding ranch. In Seattle, there are several citywide services which will transport dogs, but [...] Read more:Seattle
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Taxi driver found shot 2007-01-15 19:49:34 By Sara McDonald
LA MARQUE — Police are investigating the shooting of a taxi driver who they believe was killed by the last person she gave a ride to.
A passing motorist found Raneshia Lyshaun Kelly, 28, of Hitchcock, bleeding to death in her taxi along the northbound Interstate 45 feeder road near Century Boulevard about 3 [...]
Taxi driver goes above and beyond 2007-01-15 19:48:14 ST. ALBANS - Had it been an ordinary situation, with a customer simply needing to get from point A to point B, Sandy Hobb of Hobb's Taxi service in St. Albans might have been inclined to just leave and answer the next call.
But considering the customer was Corrine Rocheleau, one of a dozen dialysis patients [...] Read more:above
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Mill Valley cab driver enjoys spin on lottery's wheel 2007-01-15 19:40:14 Joe Wolfcale
Michael Paul of Mill Valley
isn’t exactly ready to retire from his taxi cab job just yet.
The veteran Radio Cab driver was one of two $100,000 “Big Spin” state lottery winners announced Saturday in Sacramento and was back at work the next day collecting fares.
“I’m at work right now,” Paul said Sunday evening. “I [...] Read more:wheel
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Taxi driver cops hiding 2007-01-15 19:38:04 Shannon McRae
A TRAINEE doctor has been savagely bashed while driving a cab to finance a medical career in his new country.
Noman Ahmed, 27, of Moonee Ponds, was assaulted by a passenger who refused to pay a hefty fare.
Mr Ahmed, who moved to Melbourne from Pakistan last year, said the assault had shown him a dark [...] Read more:hiding
Schneider: Meter still on for cabbie's 15 minutes of fame 2007-01-16 20:59:57 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation promoted its story on Lansing’s harmonica-playing cabbie this way:
“Today, we bring you … the tale of Richard ‘Rick’ Shaw - a taxi driver in Lansing, Mich. And the lesson … goes something like this: If you play your harmonica for rock stars who do their own laundry, you may end up [...] Read more:Schneider
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"I stoned taxi to keep in with my friends 2007-01-16 20:58:40 A TEENAGER took part in an attack on a Huddersfield taxi driver because he did not want to get stick from his friends, a court heard.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, told jurors yesterday that his role in the ambush of Mohammad Parvaiz in his Lockwood taxi on July 22 was to throw a brick [...] Read more:stoned
Licensed taxis in South Africa. 2007-01-16 20:55:52 So there we were, in SouthAfrica
trying to catch licensed taxis
to get around instead of doing the usual South Africa
n trick of driving drunk, my experience was pretty interesting.
Durban was fairly shite although there are cab firms which seem to do a good service within central Durban but don't try getting back home [...]
Probe in cab driver slaying continues in La Marque 2007-01-16 20:53:32 By Sara McDonald / The Daily News
LA MARQUE — A taxi driver found shot dead in her vehicle alongside Interstate 45 didn't have time to call for help, even though her cell phone was found with her.
Raneshia Lyshaun Kelly, 28, of Hitchcock, died from a gunshot wound to the right rear of her head, according [...] Read more:Probe
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Taxi drivers may get CCTV cameras 2007-01-16 20:51:25 Taxi drivers in Nottingham may be asked to install CCTV cameras to tackle an increasing number of violent attacks.
A number of drivers have been assaulted over the past few months, including a cabbie who was held up at knifepoint.
Jim Mortell, from the taxi licensing section of the city council, said in-car cameras might be the [...]
Lack of Canberra taxis the real problem: Dunne 2007-01-17 10:18:49 A severe shortage of cabs is the reason Canberra
’s taxi industry is in shambles, and the automated booking system is not to blame, shadow transport minister Vicki Dunne said today.
Ms Dunne says the government should introduce new taxis
that can only operate during high demand periods.
“Lengthy queues at the airport and national institutions are symptoms [...]
Plan to revoke PSV licences of errant taxi drivers 2007-01-17 10:16:44 PUTRAJAYA, MON:
Errant taxi drivers, BEWARE. Flout the rules will have your public service vehicle (PSV) licences revoked. This warning came from Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Khaled has directed the relevant authorities under his ministry to take stern action against errant taxi drivers.
“We are not only going to suspend their taxi [...]
Cyclist dragged 30m by taxi 2007-01-17 10:13:18 Johannesburg - A cyclist was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an accident with a minibus taxi on the N17 near Springs on Tuesday, Netcare 911 said.
Spokesperson Nick Dollman said a taxi collided with the cyclist around 15:00. The man - age unknown - was dragged by the taxi for about 30 metres.
Paramedics [...] Read more:Cyclist
Child trapped in taxi for 2hrs 2007-01-17 10:12:01 Johannesburg - Two people were killed and 14 others, including three children, were injured in an accident on the R82 between Sasolburg and Koppies in the Free State, ER24 said on Monday.
Spokesperson Gareth Staley said a minibus taxi and a bakkie collided head-on at about 23:00 on Sunday.
The three children, including a two-year-old girl, were [...] Read more:trapped
Taxi Drivers Block Main Road in Town of Shumen 2007-01-17 10:10:36 Sofia. Taxi drivers blocked a main road for half an hour in the town of Shumen, a correspondent of Radio Focus-Varna reports.
They disapprove the taxi stand charge amounting to BGN 180 introduced this year. The charge must be paid in one instalment at the beginning of the year and it is a condition for receiving [...] Read more:Drivers
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