Taxi Lawlessness

The Witness 28 Nov 2008 R. R. TURNER
WHY the big fuss and publicity given to the blue-light hooligans? Motorists have to contend daily with far more numerous and aggressive driving incidents from the thousands of taxis on our roads.At least the blue-light brigade usually stick to one lane. I regularly witness taxi drivers changing lanes without indicating, cutting in, driving on pavements, speeding through red traffic lights, doing U-turns, stopping anywhere and flashing their lights while driving less than a metre behind one. They are directly responsible for numerous fatal accidents.In London or New York they would not last one hour as taxi drivers before being pulled off the road permanently. Virtually no publicity is given to their behaviour. The blue-light drivers are no doubt recruited from their ranks and they know no better; so why pick on them?
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Posted by Deon Joubert on 27 Nov 2008
AGREETaxi owner Associations are ruling the roost in Pietermaritzburg. The Mayor and Rob Haswell approves of their behaviour. The Mkondeni Taxi Associations decided to use the entrance to Lynnfield Park as a taxi rank/toilet/trading without approval nor consultation with ratepayers whose suburb they are turning into a slum. Ratepayers have no say of what is happening next to their houses or in their suburbs anymore.Their desparate pleas have now been ignored for two years by Roba Haswell, the Mayor, and heads of departments. It is no wonder the population of KZN is decreasing. The coucil approves the illegal operation of taxi operators either because they fear them or more likely are getting a kickback.