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Drivers Attacked At Loo Stop! |
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News has come into the
Call Sign office that taxi drivers have been attacked
during the evening while visiting the toilet in Horseferry Road,
Victoria. This loo has long been known as the Iron Lung due to
its circular shape. DaC driver Christopher Hones (S81), himself a night owl, told our reporter: "Nightmen who dine at the nearby restaurants are particularly vulnerable, as it appears they are being watched by teams of thieves who follow them into the toilet, block the entry and exit points of the loo and then attack the defenceless driver. They then steal his moneybag and anything else they can grab hold of before running off down Regency Street or whichever route offers the quickest disappearance from the scene." Christopher continued: "It’s amazing how speedily news like that travels throughout the cab trade. I was shopping in my local supermarket in Waltham Abbey the morning after the two drivers were attacked, when the driver of a non-radio taxi stopped me to advise of the unfortunate incidents, one of which I saw," he said. Call Sign asked just what Chris had seen? |
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"I was there at
around 10pm on the Thursday evening when the cafe is open and
saw police cars and an ambulance by the loo. I understand the
driver was badly beaten up in the attack. Later, I returned at
around midnight and again saw numerous police cars with blue
lights flashing, parked up around the toilet area and was told
that yet another taxi driver had fallen victim to the muggers.
The restaurant is popular with night drivers and you can usually
see a line of cabs parked along the street for several hundred
yards, so it’s easy for toe-rags to take their pick of a
potential snatch. There seems to be no shortage of victims." Chris ended by saying: "I’m sure there are many perfectly respectable residents in the Regency and Page Street areas, but unfortunately there is also a breed of less desirables that prey on innocent and honest citizens." Call Sign readers will recall our report in the March 2009 issue regarding Michael Kaye (N04), who was pushed to the ground while leaving a restaurant in Paddington and who ended up in hospital as a result of the ferocity of his attackers. It seems that as the economic downturn bites ever-harder, villains are turning to increasingly desperate methods of finding easy money. Our advice is for drivers to be aware of their surroundings and extra vigilant when not locked safely in their cabs. © Call Sign Magazine MM9 |
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LVTA in Waalwijk (Holland) |
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 Some of the 800 + old vehicles at Waalwijk |
Call
Sign on-line reader and press
officer for the Dutch section of the LVTA, Hand Dooren,
has sent us some photos of a recent annual event held at
Waalwijk in southern Holland, where over 800 old British
vehicles went on parade - the highest number of the past ten
years. You can see many of them at www.londontaxi.web-log.nl by going to the events list on the left side, then choosing Waalwijk 2009, double-click on the link and choose the colour slides (Diavoorstelling) |
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