WORLDWIDE TAXI FOCUS from USA
USA ROBOTAXI PULLED OVER THEN SPEEDS OFF WHEN COP TRIES TO OPEN DOOR
Police in San Francisco were baffled when they tried to pull over a car and found no one in the driver’s seat. According to Metro, an Instagram video shows police officers pulling over an autonomous vehicle belonging to Cruise, a self-driving taxi service. The video then shows the officers walking around the driverless vehicle, trying to open its doors with no luck. When the police try to stop it, the Chevy Bolt takes off seemingly for a quick getaway but parks a few yards away after the next intersection with its hazard lights on. The police officers pull up behind the driverless taxi and pre- sumably try to figure out how to turn its headlights back on. A spokesperson for Cruise confirmed that the San Francisco PD pulled over the vehicle for not having its headlights on and that the issue had since been fixed. According to Cruise, the car behaved as expected. In a tweet, the company clarified that the car was not fleeing the police but ‘pulling over to the nearest safer location for the traffic stop’. The company added: “Our AV yielded to the police vehicle, then pulled over to the nearest safe location for the traffic stop, as intended. An officer contacted Cruise personnel and no citation was issued.”
from Liberia
HOW RETURNING $50,000 CHANGED LIBERIA TAXI DRIVER’S LIFE
The story of what happened to Liberian Emmanuel Tuloe, 19, has the quality of a modern fable. BBC News reports that last year, he was struggling to earn a living as a motorbike taxi driver when he found money worth £40,000, in a mix of US and Liberian notes, wrapped in a plastic bag by the side of the road. He could have easily pocketed this life-changing amount. But he gave it to his aunt to look after and when the rightful owner appealed on national radio for help in finding the
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cash, Emmanuel then came forward. Mocked by some for his honesty - people laughed at him saying he would die poor - his act earned him generous rewards includ- ing a place at Ricks Institute, one of Liberia’s most prestigious schools. President George Weah handed him $10,000 and a local media owner also gave him cash, some of which was raised from viewers and listeners. And the owner of the money that was found donated $1,500-worth of goods. On top of those and perhaps most significantly, a college in the US reacted by offering him a full scholarship once he had completed his secondary education. And that is what he is now focused on at Ricks, a boarding school set up 135 years ago for the elite of Liberian society descended from the freed slaves who founded the country. He now has six years of secondary school ahead of him and will be 25 when he graduates. His prudence and honesty were seen as examples to follow in a country where allegations of corruption are rife and where officials are often accused of stealing state resources. Emmanuel thanked God for giving him the rewards and he was also “grateful to my parents for teaching me to be honest”. “And my message to all young people is: It’s good to be honest; don’t take what does not belong to you.”
And finally
SOUTH AFRICAN MAN CAUGHT SMUGGLING 17 SHEEP IN A TAXI
A 48-year-old man was arrested in Magaliesburg on April 11 after being caught with stolen livestock inside a taxi. The Krugersdorp News reports that a local police spokesper- son explained that the arrest was made after they received a complaint about livestock that had been stolen from a farm. The stock theft unit was mobilised and a search con- ducted. They then spotted a white Inyathi taxi in the middle of the forest and found 17 sheep inside. The suspect was arrested and appeared a bit sheepish...!!.
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