TERROR TIMES
BOLT DRIVER ABUSED ON THE JOB BY PASSENGER WHILST DRIVING IN LONDON
A Bolt driver has been verbally abused after picking up some passengers near Mayfair to then drive them to Brixton in London. The United Private Hire Drivers reports that along the way, one of the passen- gers started to harass the driver, using abusive language and blaming him for the traffic, and saying that the driver was trying to draw out the trip to get more money. The driver asked the passengers to be quiet and let him drive or he would stop the car and end the trip. At this point, the passenger started loudly cursing the driver, so he stopped the car and asked them both to leave the vehicle. But they refused to get out, saying they paid £17 for the trip and wouldn’t leave until they got their money back. At this point, the driver had to use the SOS button.
However, Bolt did not call back for 30 minutes. In the meantime, the passenger started filming the driver, while swearing and shouting at him and getting so close to him that he could feel the droplets from the passengers
voice on his face. The passenger then threatened the driver saying he has his number plate details and knows what he looks like and will eventually find out where the driver lives and come and get him. The passenger also said he would make the driver lose his job with Bolt. The driver says after hearing this he
was quite shaken up as he has two children at home and was extremely worried for his and their safety. Sadly, this behaviour is not uncommon. A UPHD survey conducted in April this year found that over 80% of its mem- bers had been verbally abused on the job. This extremely high level of abuse against drivers is enabled by the lack of concern for driver safety by app- based operators, and drivers being treated as disposable. It also made worse by rising racist and anti-migrant attitudes in this country. Bolt must act right away to support this driver and to remove these pas- sengers from their app. Bolt must also make immediate improvements to the safety measures in place for drivers. 30 minutes is far too long to wait for help after a SOS call.
WIRRAL TAXI DRIVER BATTERED ROUND HEAD BY THUG WHO SMASHED UP HIS CAR
A taxi driver was battered round the head and put in hospital after a thug launched an unprovoked attack on him and smashed up his car during sicken- ing scenes on the Wirral. Merseyside Police have issued CCTV images of a man clutching a box of lager in a shop and on a bike who they would like to speak to as part of their probe into shocking attack in Wallasey. The Liverpool Echo reports that police said the the 52-year-old taxi driver was reversing his silver Ford Mondeo out at the junction of Ilford Avenue and Poul- ton Road when his attacker started verbally abusing him. A police spokesperson said: “The man then assaulted the driver by punching him to the face and hitting him over the head before causing damage to
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the victim’s taxi. Detective Inspector Tom Clarke said: “This was a nasty and unpro- voked attack on an innocent man minding his own business and we are determined to catch the person responsible. “I would ask the man in the images, or anyone who recognises him to contact us as we
the car.” The man suffered cuts to his head and cuts and bruising to an arm and hand as a result of the unprovoked attack around 6.25pm on Sunday, 9 May. Damage was also caused to the roof of
believe he may have information which is vital to our enquiries.” Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC or @CrimestoppersUK on 0800 555 111 quoting reference 21000299289.
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