Taxiwise, the nationwide campaign to encourage and educate people on the safe use of cabs, is widening its scope to focus on taxi drivers as well as passengers.

The issue of unlicensed minicabs and the potential danger to passengers from bogus drivers is rarely out of the headlines. As a result, police forces, lobbying groups such as Taxiwise, local authorities and MPs have been actively campaigning - with very positive results - to educate the public on the potential dangers of getting into an unlicensed vehicle.

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Rarely a day goes by without media headlines like ‘Brutal Attack on Cabbie’ or ‘Cab Driver Robbed at Knifepoint’. It is a totally unacceptable state of affairs.

“Taxi drivers are integral to the community, providing an invaluable service to the young, old and infirm. To many they are a lifeline, so why should they suffer abuse and attacks going about their task of getting people from A to B?

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At the age of 22, Rachel Lowe was a night-time private hire driver on the streets of Portsmouth. She saw first hand the dangers encountered by both passengers and drivers alike.

Now aged 27 and with two young children, she carried on driving until last year when she launched her own company, RTL Games, and board game - Destination.

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