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Call Sign advertised in our December issue for
drivers and staff who were proficient in making a musical
noise reminiscent of pop, to contact us with the view of
setting up a Dial-a-Cab band to enter into a competition along
with many other top companies’ groups. We weren’t sure of the
musical quality available out there in DaCland, but ended up
with 12 offers – almost an orchestra! Sadly 8 of the
volunteers didn’t realise that some sort of experience of
playing or singing was necessary. Otherwise they might have
made one strange sound! However, the four left were pretty
good and could have made a decent quartet. After all, there
were only four Beatles… The idea was that all the groups would have fought it out, with the winners eventually going through to a Grand Final at the Hammersmith Palais. The victorious band would then receive a prize of £5000 and a guaranteed festival appearance for Summer 2004 in front of an audience of 10,000 appearing alongside Blondie with Debbie Harry. The band would also win the chance of putting out a CD release on a UK record label. Call Sign volunteers included dispatcher David Seal, who teaches and plays |
NO GO FOR DAC DAVE’S HONEYCOMB COMEBACK!
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on all types of guitars, driver |
a short time – of their sexy lady
drummer, Honey Langtree! "I wasn’t in the group that long," said a modest Dave, "but for the period that I was in it, we had a great time. Unfortunately for the rest of the group, it was Honey who grabbed the media’s attention. But I really enjoyed my time as a Honeycomb and to be honest, I haven’t stopped singing since – although I don’t do Have I the Right anymore!" But back to the competition and sadly, Call Sign had to back out when we were told that in addition to paying the £600 entry fee, which we were happy to pay, we also needed to fill two tables at the Hammersmith Palais at a cost of £2000 each! Sorry guys, I think we could have shocked the musical world, but for almost five grand, we may never know…! |
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TAXIWISE: LOCAL POLICE FORCES |
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Taxiwise, the nationwide campaign to encourage the safe use of
taxis, is calling on local police forces to remove bogus
minicabs from the streets. Research carried out by a special
Intelligence Unit formed by the Metropolitan Police revealed
that one woman every week was raped after accepting a ride in an
illegal minicab in London alone, but what, asks Taxiwise, about
the rest of the country? As a result of the investigation in the capital, London Mayor, Ken Livingstone and the GLA launched the high profile campaign of 'Know What You Are Getting Into' to warn women of the dangers of accepting lifts from unlicensed minicabs. But as Matthew Cheyne, Sales and Marketing Director of LTI |
Vehicles and a spokesperson
for Taxiwise told Call Sign, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Matthew said: "These attacks are happening every day all over the country. It is a serious problem and one that must be eradicated. The statistics are just appalling. Figures released by the Met Police show that in London alone, at least four women are raped or sexually assaulted every month by unlicensed minicab drivers and they show a total of 214 women - including 23 under the age of 18 – who reported sexual assaults by illegal drivers in 2003. On average, there have been four rapes and 14 other sex attacks a month - half on women aged 24 or under. The likelihood is that similar levels |
of attacks are occurring in other major cities in the UK, which demonstrates the extent of the problem." Mr Cheyne ended by saying: "We welcome the GLA's campaign which specifically targets women who work in the Square Mile of London, but would like to see similar campaigns rolled out throughout the country to encourage the same use of cabs and to urge women to take a black cab where possible or find another safer way home other than to take an illegal cab. Drivers of black cabs - an instantly recognisable British icon – are fully vetted and fully licensed, but absolutely anyone can call their car a cab and operate illegally - it's not worth the risk." |
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