Call Sign November 2011
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DaC Cabs were well-represented at the demo. Pic courtesy The Anderson Shelter
UCG ORN drive-in causes chaos!
Thanks to messages sent via Twitter, email
With the Olympic Archery competition due
only represents one per cent of London's
and Dial-a-Cab driver's terminals, St John's
to be held at Lords during the Games first
roads."
Wood Circus became gridlocked as licensed
week and an archery contest being tested out
They went on to add that one third of the
London taxi drivers including many from
in front of LOCOG representatives on
ORN has been dedicated as Games Lanes and
DaC - met up at 5pm to call for full access to
Thursday 6 October, that was the signal for the
it was that third that taxis would not be able
the Olympic Route Network that many believe
UCG to make a point regarding the Olympic
to access because athletes, officials and the
will cause chaos during next year's Olympics.
Route Network and the ban on taxis using
media would be using them to ensure they got
The messages originated from the United
them during the tenure of the Games. The
to their events on time. Our passengers are
Cabbies Group as they staged the drive-in that
result was chaos!
obviously nowhere near as important as the
saw Wellington Road southbound together with
The UCG pointed out that taxis were fully
media!
Park Road northbound come to a standstill.
wheelchair accessible and probably the only
The UCG demo was deemed a success by
The demo was a follow-up to one held sev-
way that many disabled people would be able
drivers that Call Sign spoke to, the problem
eral weeks earlier by the UCG outside the
to take up their ticket allocation at the Games.
was that few believed anything would change.
Grange St Pauls Hotel, where the London
The group added that more demonstrations
The Games are normally awarded only after
would take place if their complaints were not
the host country agree to several demands
Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
(LOCOG) were having a meeting. Other than
listened to.
one of which is that a designated part of the
for an Ashes decider at Lords Cricket Ground,
Transport for London answered by saying
highway system is given to the International
St Johns Wood hadn't seen so many empty
that "...in common with all other road users,
Olympic Committee during the Games to use
cabs all at the same time for quite some while!
taxis will be able to use the ORN - which itself
as they see fit.
GUESS WHAT I SAW ON MY HOLS!
meter!!!"
In the April Call Sign we wrote
Well David, we can
of the existence in Malta of a
answer your question for
new taxi company called Dial-a-
you all jobs to the
Cab. The company were based in
Mediterranean are covered
by the editor as Alan feels
St Julians with all English-speak-
he has to help the Society
ing drivers who were knowl-
out! Well that's what he
edgeable in all the Maltese
told me!
Ron Yarborough
islands Gozo and Comino and
Call Sign Online
of course, Malta. Their phone
number was fairly easy to
remember as well - 234 56789.
The Flower Mill
And while Dial-a-Cab (Malta) are
nothing to do with DaC of London, they
did offer any of our drivers a 3euro dis-
Creating Beautiful Flowers For Weddings
count on any taxi fare something we
think DaC driver David Brady (T68) may
have missed out on!
Tel: 07854 738895
David wrote to Call Sign after return-
ing from his holiday to the George Cross
Web: www.theflowermillessex.co.uk
island that was so important to the allied
forces in WW2.
Email: theflowermill@yahoo.co.uk
"On holiday in Malta recently, I
found myself in the capital of Valletta
where much to my surprise, I saw
Covering Essex & The Surrounding Counties
parked right in front of me a Dial-a-
Cab TX4! I would like to know why I
"It is at the edge of a petal that love waits"- William Carlos Williams
have never been offered a job to that
destination as a fixed price or on the
