TAXI FOCUS
meal. The taxi driver told Alison that he refused to take the taxi fare from the players out of respect and love. Pakistani players reciprocated the gesture with an offer of a meal. Alison said the taxi driver shared a meal with them, clicked selfies with the players and enjoyed time with them.
from Italy
ROME TAXI DRIVER TO LOSE LICENCE AFTER AIRPORT ASSAULT
Rome City Hall has begun the process to revoke the licence of a taxi driver who broke a customer’s nose in a recent assault outside Fiumicino airport. Wanted in Rome reports that the customer asked for the meter to be turned on but the taxi driver refused, removing the passenger’s luggage from the car before another customer was ushered into the taxi by an attendant. Video footage showed the first customer knocking on the back win- dow of the taxi, presumably asking for an explanation, when the driver got out of the car and knocked the customer to the ground, breaking his nose. Footage of the assault, which showed the complete indifference of other taxi drivers and the attendant, went viral on social media and has been widely condemned. The taxi driver behind the attack is currently suspended. Rome airport authority Aeroporti di Roma expressed its full solidar- ity with the victim of the “incredible and unjustified episode, which has nothing to do with the behavior of the several thousand taxi drivers who carry out their work correctly and in compliance with the rules every day in Rome and at the airport.”
According to reports in Japan Today, the video was taken shortly after 5 am on Nov 22, in Nakasu, a lively entertainment district in Fukuoka. Police say the taxi driver was arguing with one of the men when another man got into the back seat of the car. The taxi driver then drove off, running into the man before hitting a temporary wall barricading a construction site on the side of the road. According to police, none of the men was injured and investigators are now looking into the incident to determine the exact cause of the accident. Without any concrete explanation as to why or how the incident started, people wondered whether the driver had accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, causing him to sud- denly speed off into the wall with the back door wide open. They also wondered whether the men in question were inebriated after a night of drinking, with a surprising number of people siding with the taxi driver on this occasion. “These guys look like cocky hoodlums, they probably started the trouble in the first place.” “They were probably out drinking all night. I feel sorry for the taxi driver here.” “I want to say the driver is bad but…” “It’s tough being a taxi driver in entertainment districts like this.” “There’s bound to be a drive recorder so let’s just let the police be the judge.” That last comment there looks to be the most sensible of them all, because regardless of what instigated the trouble, it’s never okay to run someone over with a passenger hanging out the open back door of your cab as you smash into a barrier by the road.
from South Korea
SOUTH KOREA CAB DRIVER RETURNS LOST $100,000 TO CUSTOMER
from Japan
DRIVER ARGUES WITH MAN, RUNS HIM OVER, THEN DRIVES INTO WALL
When a video appeared online showing an argument between a taxi driver and three people recently, public opinion was split in two, with some people siding with the driver, even though he ran over one of the men and then drove into a temporary wall.
JANUARY 2020
A South Korean taxi driver returned more than $100,000 to a cus- tomer who left the money in a cab. Lee Jun-young, 60, a Seoul-based cab driver, found the cash in a portable bag on the back seat of his taxi around 4am on October 21. UPI reports that Lee discovered a mobile phone, and about $86,000 in cash. Another $17,000, in the form of cheques, was found inside the bag. As Lee was going through the bag, the phone rang. The call was from a local police station, where the customer had reported his missing bag and cash. Lee drove to the police station, where he returned the cash to the customer, who was waiting at the location. The taxi driver said he has previously returned large sums of money left behind by clients. “There have been many instances of returning lost belongings to passengers,” Lee said. “But the maximum amount I had returned was $3,400.” According to the National Taxi Association, Lee began working as a driver in 2015. The group said the mayor of Seoul has previously recognized Lee for his integrity, and for returning countless lost items, including mobile phones. The group and other taxi unions have been increasingly vocal about protecting their businesses, as ride-sharing services such as Uber try to edge into the transportation market.
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