TERROR TIMES
WEST YORKS TAXI FIRM TO RESTRICT SERVICES AFTER VIOLENCE INJURES PASSENGER
A West Yorkshire taxi company is to restrict services to certain areas after a customer was injured when a window was smashed. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that Cas Cars - who operate from Castleford - said a taxi driver had been transporting a customer on a recent Thursday night when the incident took place. (May 6) The customer in Airedale was injured as a result, the company said. Cas Cars said the driver had been left “traumatised” after the incident. They said this was an “ongoing issue” happening to taxis and buses on a “daily basis”
In a social media post, Cas Cars said: “Due to this, any journeys going to or
coming from the following areas listed below around Airedale, Ferry Fryston will be restricted at certain times on an evening for the safety of passengers and drivers. “Areas which we will be restricting
service to as follows: Airedale Queens Park drive towards Tesco, Fryston Road near Tesco’s, Ferry Fryston Elizabeth Drive, The Green, Kendal Drive. “Any journeys crossing these areas will not be carried out. We will in due course announce the times the service will be restricted. “We apologise for any inconvenience this will cause. “Action must be taken.” In 2020, Cas Cars said more than 60 taxis had been damaged, primarily from “youths throwing objects at them”. The company said their trade had been severely impacted due to Covid and drivers can’t afford to keep repairing the vehicles.
WOMAN HURLS ABUSE AT TAXI DRIVER OUTSIDE TUNBRIDGE WELLS TRAIN STATION
A taxi driver has been subjected to a foul-mouthed rant by a woman outside a train station. According to KentOnline, Sumair Idrees, 41, remained calm during the onslaught of verbal abuse he received, by Tunbridge Wells station, at around 12.20am. “Basically, there was a group of five or six of them, and my friend told me they would need a six-seater taxi,” said Mr Idrees, of Tunbridge Wells. “I got out of my car and they said ‘We are going to High Brooms’ so I asked ‘Do you have money on you?’ She said ‘No.’ “Then she asked ‘How much is it going to cost’ and I told her it was going to be on the meter. It starts at £6.80 after 11.30pm.
“She said ‘No, no. We won’t pay that’ and started swearing. She swore two or three times initially and somebody else
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in her group was swearing as well. “I said to her ‘Please, don’t swear. Otherwise, I won’t take you.’ She said she didn’t have any money and I told her, in that case, I couldn’t
take her so she started being really abusive. Instead of stopping her, the boys she was with jumped in front of my car, and they were telling me to go inside the car. “She saw two boys had jumped in front of me and she got more aggressive after that because she knew nobody was trying to stop her. “At that point, I took my mobile phone out quickly and started filming her.” Mr Idrees, who says he has never come across a woman being that aggressive
to him before, said he attempted to call the police regarding the abuse he was getting, but he says his call was trans- ferred to the British Transport Police. He says he spoke to the British Trans- port Police between 2am and 2.30am on a recent Sunday morning, and they informed him it was a matter for the police. A police spokesman said: “Kent Police was called at 12.20am on Sunday, May 2 to a disturbance outside Tunbridge Wells train station. “It is alleged a taxi driver was subjected to threatening behaviour and pushed, during an incident involving a number of people. The victim did not sustain any injuries. “An investigation is ongoing, including reviewing possible CCTV evidence.” Anyone with information is asked to call Kent Police on 01622 604100, quot- ing reference 46/74068/21.
JUNE 2021
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