let her out of the car. Moments later, the taxi driver screeched to a stop, leapt out of the car to open the passenger door and began dragging his elderly fare by the leg, pulling her out of the cab and onto the concrete. The taxi driver relieved the lady of her phone, before a bystander intervened and confronted the attacker. The offender quickly handed over the phone before hopping back in the cab and speeding away, striking the good samaritan with the car as he pulled away. Safety Patrol posted an image of the attacker and video footage of the incident captured by the intervening bystander on Twitter and called on the public to aid the NYPD in tracking down the criminal.
from Ireland
IRISH CABBIES COULD SEE 10-YEAR RULE PAUSED DUE TO EV SHORTAGE
Taxi drivers could be allowed to keep using their old petrol and diesel motors past the ten-year rule due to a shortage of EVs and affordable cars in Ireland. Last month, the Irish Sun revealed that just one in five cabbies have been able to avail themselves of a generous Government grant to replace their fossil fuel burning motors with electric vehicles. The NTA’s scheme sees cabbies given €20,000 to help them buy an EV as long as they scrap their old petrol or diesel car. However, only €4million from the €15million scheme has been drawn down because taxi drivers simply can’t get their hands on electric cars in Ireland due to global supply issues. This EV shortage and sky high prices of petrol and diesel cars has left some drivers considering abandoning the industry because they can’t afford to replace their old cars. After the issue was raised by a taxi driver, several political parties, including Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail, called on the NTA to temporarily ease the ten-year rule to allow cabbies to continue using their older cars until they can buy a new EV. The NTA has now announced a public consultation on a proposal to extend the maximum permissible age of a taxi as a temporary contingency measure so that no cabbie is forced out of the industry because a replacement vehicle cannot be purchased.
PHTM OCTOBER 2022
WORLDWIDE TAXI FOCUS And finally...
ONE HAIL OF A RIDE! NYC TAXI ‘CLIPS AND FLIPS’
A New York City taxi, reportedly travelling at high speed, clipped two parked cars on West 75th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, then flipped over. The cab driver suffered injuries that did not appear to be serious, according to a Central Park emergency medical worker. There was a passenger, a police officer told the West Side Rag, but he took off. “He didn’t want to get involved with the emergency services.” A crowd gathered and stared in amazement at the upside-down car. “It’s like a movie,” someone said.
TAXI PLUNGES 5 METRES ONTO ROOF OF A BUILDING IN GRAN CANARIA
A taxi driver in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had a lucky escape after his vehicle plunged five metres onto the roof of a building that was under construction on the morning of Friday, September 2. The taxi somehow managed to launch itself from a height of five metres onto the roof of the building. The incident happened on Calle Panco Guerra in the island’s capital city. Amazingly the driver escaped without injury.
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