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Dial-a-Cab driver Tony Arnold (F03) has to be without a shadow of doubt, the most widely travelled taxi driver in history when it comes to doing it in the cause of work! In 2002 he took his cab to Beijing, China and then drove it all the way back to London in a paid trip to help publicise the Olympics. He followed that up with a trip to the Nigerian capital of Abuja to help train the local taxi drivers before going on to Ghana to continue teaching their cabbies! With China and Africa conquered - surely enough for most - Tony’s next trip saw him off to Rome, Seville and Valencia – where he addressed a taxi driver conference. But Australia! Well yes, Tony has just returned from Oz after teaching their cabbies how to behave as real taxi drivers. He told Call Sign on his return… "It was a great trip, but the training schedules and locations weren’t ideal. It’s a big country! Driver participation in Melbourne was also limited as many of the 400 or so attending my seminars were not fluent in English and neither were they members or	DAC’S TONY TRAINS CABBIES IN OZ!
	Tony in pensive mood following the first seminar, stands on top of Melbourne's tallest building the Eureka Tower affiliated to the associations that publicised the trip. They needed help to improve their driving skills because, quite simply, they are not very good. "I will be returning to Australia at the end of the year having been offered a 5-week contract and hopefully the publicity will have spread further and the response will go from just being ok to excellent! Local papers wrote of the exercise and whilst several	ministers are attempting to provide a more thorough and professional taxi service over there, it appears no one told them of my trip, although after returning back to blighty one OZ transport delegate did contact me. I partially blame myself for poor communications, but I had been assured that everything was in place – after all, these were the people that paid my fees and airfares to Oz in addition to being associated with the mainstream of taxis in Melbourne. "We all know that the London taxi and driver is the safest and most professional in the world. Other countries need to sit up, learn and watch and be prepared to catch up on what is the finest taxi service in the world. When I return to Oz in December, believe me, they’ll learn how to become taxi drivers as against driving a cab! "Finally through Call Sign, can I thank Toyota for sponsoring me and for putting me in such a beautiful apartment. Without their assistance, any trip would have been in doubt."

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One of LTI’s leading taxi dealerships is set to clean up London’s taxi fleet by offering all Fairway and Metrocab owner-drivers an exceptional part exchange offer.
   Based on today’s typical value of just Ł300 for an M-reg or older currently PCO licensed
   Fairway or Metrocab, M&O (London) is offering drivers up to ten times that amount in part exchange for a new 08-registered TX4. For a limited time only, drivers taking up this offer can expect to receive a huge Ł3,000 in part exchange together with an unprecedented buy now – pay in 2009 deal. M&O plan to scrap and have crushed all the old Fairways and Metrocabs they take in under this amazing deal.
   Peter Rigden, General Manager at M&O told Call Sign:
   "This strong offer gives London’s licensed taxi owner drivers the opportunity to invest in a new, cleaner vehicle. Not only will they significantly reduce their emissions by exchanging their old Fairway or Metrocab for a new TX4, but they will be helping to provide London with an improved taxi service fit for the 21st century. Thanks to this incentive - a first for M&O - owning a TX4 has never been so affordable and with nothing to pay until 2009, we’re expecting a huge uptake."
   Manufactured by LTI Vehicles, the world famous TX4 is the latest incarnation born out of the renowned TX series. Purpose-built to the highest possible standards, the TX4’s robust and Euro IV emissions compliant design is enhanced further with a number of added driver and passenger comfort features.

M&O London, located at 39-41 Brewery Road N7, operate the biggest new and used taxi sales showroom in the UK. For further information visit www.mannandoverton.com or call 020 7700 0888.

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