A record number of local authorities and police forces are running campaigns warning people about the strong link between bogus cabbies and sex attacks.
Taxiwise is delighted at the phenomenal number and variety of initiatives which are being implemented to try to reduce the number of people raped or sexually assaulted by unlicensed taxi drivers every year.
Two more councils have licensed novelty tuk-tuks for use as either private hire vehicles or taxis.
Blackpool Council has granted licences to two separate operators to use the motorised rickshaws, popular in the Far East, on the streets of the town.
Coventry taxi drivers fighting an influx of Hackney carriage drivers taking business away from them in the city centre are being backed by Taxiwise.
The passenger safety campaign wants more to be done by West Midlands Police and Coventry City Council to clamp down on drivers licensed in surrounding areas picking up fares in Coventry.
Rogue taxi drivers illegally “cherry-picking” fares opposite taxi ranks are putting passengers at risk.
A minority of properly-licensed drivers are waiting near city hotspots such as bars, clubs and restaurants late at night with their light off, waiting for revellers to approach them.
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Police forces across the UK need to establish a national database recording sex attacks by unlicensed cabbies, according to Taxiwise.
The scale of the problem in London has led the Metropolitan Police Service (Met) to monitor it on an ongoing basis, with easurable results.
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