SPREADING THE WORD
BAN ON GLASGOW TAXIS CARRYING STRIP CLUB ADS
Photo courtesy of The Sunday Mail
Taxis which advertise lap-dancing clubs have been banned by Glasgow City Council. Bosses at the council are refusing to allow staff to travel in cabs displaying the ads. Whenever a taxi is hired by the council, operators have the call flagged so none of the offending vehicles are sent.
The council are
opposed to lap-danc- ing, claiming the clubs exploit and degrade women but current legislation has left councillors virtually powerless to prevent them.
Deputy leader Jim Coleman, who is also chairman of Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership, has sent a letter to each council department
announcing the ban. He told the Scottish Mail: “We do not believe the council should be endorsing this advertising. “We have taken a strong stance against this industry which we believe to be a form of commercial sexual exploitation. From now on, no council depart- ment will use a taxi with this advertising on.” Glasgow has four major lap-dancing venues and adverts for Spearmint Rhino and Diamond Dolls appear on several taxis. A Glasgow Taxis spokesman said: “This will mean a loss of earning for a few of our members.”
BASILDON TAXIS ENSURE PARTYGOERS GET DRINK-DRIVE MESSAGE
tial cost of driving over the limit.
Photo courtesy of Echo Newspapers
(l to r) taxi driver Dave Blackwell, licensing committee chairman David Abrahall, PH driver Stuart Rice, firefighter Martin Trevillion
Late-night partygoers catching a taxi home in Basildon will be greeted with a new safety message in a drink-driving cam- paign pioneered by firefighters.
The scheme will see Basildon taxis fitted with headrest covers, which display a mes-
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sage to people sitting in the back, thanking them for taking a taxi home and not choos- ing to drink-drive. The idea is the brain- child of firefighter Martin Trevillion, a Basildon and Castle Point community offi- cer, who is all too familiar with the poten-
He told the Southend Evening Echo: “Years ago, a young woman died in my arms fol- lowing a road traffic collision, which had been caused by her boyfriend who was driving while over the limit. He was there and he was devastated, crying and repeating to himself over and over ‘if only I had taken a taxi, this would never have hap- pened’.” Mr Trevillion added that a taxi fare was a small price to pay for a life. He said: “The woman died and her boyfriend will have that on his conscience for the rest of his life.
David Abrahall, chair- man of Basildon Council’s licensing committee, said: “Licensed taxis are a sensible way to travel if people are over the drink-drive limit and initiatives which pro- mote this should be welcomed.”
Photo courtesy of Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd
Driver Eric Green who is a season ticket holder at Carlisle United
Carlisle United fans can now ride around in a customised taxi. City firm Radio Taxis have teamed up with the Blues and emblazoned
one of their cars with the team badge in exchange for advertis- ing at Brunton Park. The new taxi hit the streets last month and
LANCASTER SAFETY DRIVE TARGETS NIGHTS OUT
An awareness cam- paign providing young people with advice on getting home safely after a night out has been launched in the Lancaster and More- cambe area.
The campaign has been set up thanks to a partnership between Lancashire police, Lan- caster City Council, local taxi operators, Lancaster University, the University of Cum- bria, and Lancaster and Morecambe College. It will involve the distri- bution of a series of
Ch Insp Ralph Copley and members of the agencies who are involved with the scheme
posters and a fold-out information card aimed at promoting a safety message which will be circulated through all licensed premises, taxi operators, colleges and sixth forms.
A full-colour map will also be available show- ing the location of the main taxi ranks in Lan- caster and Morecambe as well as useful advice about taxi use and personal safety.
TAKE A RIDE IN A CUSTOMISED CARLISLE UNITED TAXI
has already been turning heads. And driving it is cabbie and lifelong United fan Eric Green.
Stuart Davidson who owns Radio Taxis on Infirmary Street, Carlisle, told the East Cumbrian Gazette: “When it came to pick a driver for the cab it had to be Eric. There is now no other taxi he would drive.”
Mr Davidson added: “It’s a good way for two local businesses to help each other out.”
BIRMINGHAM’S BRANDED TAXIS POINT THE WAY TO COLMORE’S ATTRACTIONS
Birmingham taxi driv- ers are spreading the knowledge of the Col- more Business District (CBD) in a fleet of branded taxis for a six month period. Travellers flagging down the cabs will be able to find out more about the Business Improvement District (BID) from the drivers and by reading the information on spe- cially designed flip seats.
According to BID man- ager, Michele Wilby: “The taxi drivers have
been fully briefed on what’s happening in the CBD. The drivers will be handing out pocket sized maps of
the area to passengers arriving in Birming- ham, which feature all the places to eat, drink and stay in CBD.”
Gardy Cardin and Michele Wilby arrive in Colmore Business district in the branded taxi
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