TAXI FOCUS from India
KERALA BUSINESSMAN TO USE A GOLD ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM FOR TAXI
A Rolls-Royce being used as taxi? Last month videos and pictures of a gold Rolls-Royce Phan- tom labelled as a taxi in the Indian state of Kerala, went viral on Twitter, WhatsApp and other social media. According to Gulf News, Sirish Chandran, a Twitter user, shared the picture of the gold luxury car with a yellow number plate being carried on a truck. He wrote: “This is real.” Apparently, the car will be used as a taxi by Kerala businessman Bobby Chemmanur. He is also the owner of Oxygen Resorts in Kerala and the car will be reportedly used as the pick and drop service for the people who can stay at the resort for two days, all for just Rs25,000 (£250). In another video circulating on WhatsApp, Bobby Chemmannur was seen explaining the package during an interview to a local media channel. He said: “The package is a unique one that I want to offer as an experience to people who can’t afford a ride in this car otherwise. Just for Rs25,000 you can get a 300km ride in the limited edition luxury car for three days, and as a part of the pack- age they can stay at our resort for two days.” He added that the offer may not bring him any profits, but he wanted to do it because it is a unique idea. “To rent even a reg- ular Rolls Royce for a day, it costs around Rs450,000. This car is a limited edition and one of biggest models and with many facilities.”
One of those, according to La Repubblica, was 30-year-old Michela, who jumped in a city taxi at 10.30 pm local time on Saturday, asking to be taken to Rome. “I accepted it without thinking, it is my job,” her driver, a 20-year taxi veteran called Melchiorre, told the newspaper. “Obviously, before leaving, I asked the girl if she knew what expens- es she would be faced with.” Melchiorre made it to Michela's family home in the neighborhood of Balduina, Rome, six hours later, at 4:30 am local time. But Michela did not have much time to enjoy her freedom in Rome, after the lockdown on Milan and its 14 surrounding provinces was extended to the whole of Italy on Monday. The lockdown meant 60 million people were confined to stay in their homes. Melchiorre had already been driving for five hours on Saturday, hav- ing started his shift at 5 pm, but took Michela’s job regardless, after she agreed to the costs. Melchiorre said they had to stop twice en route so Michela could withdraw enough cash to pay him. “I am used to traveling at night, I have music that has always kept me company. I was not sleepy. Instead, at some point she fell asleep,” he said.
from USA
IOWA TAXI DRIVER PREVENTS WOMAN, 83, FROM FALLING FOR $40K SCAM
from Italy
WOMAN SPENT $1,370 TO ESCAPE MILAN’S LOCKDOWN BY TAXI
A woman from Milan took a $1,370 taxi journey to Rome to escape coronavirus lockdown, only for the city to be placed under lock- down a day later. Lombardy, the capital of which is Milan, was placed on lockdown on Sunday morning 8 March, along with 14 nearby provinces. The extreme measures, announced on the Saturday, prompted res- idents to flee the city in their droves via rail stations and motorways.
APRIL 2020
A taxicab driver is being called a hero after he prevented an 83-year-old woman from being scammed out of $40,000, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office said. Scott Kilmer was driving the woman to a bank last month when he learned she was going to with- draw money to give to a man she did not know, KCCI report- ed.
“She was told that she had a relative out on the East Coast that was in dire straits, needed some money to help pay for an IRS bill,” Kilmer told the television station. Kilmer immediately called the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. “The IRS is not going to call you and demand payment like that,” Lynn Hicks, a spokeswoman with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, told KCCI. “(Kilmer) just went above and beyond what he needed to do to save this woman from losing a lot of money.” Kilmer downplayed his helpful role. “It took me a whole ten minutes to do what I did,” Kilmer told KCCI.
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