Emergency beacons for taxis
PA Auckland The South Auckland Taxi Association says it plans to install in its fleet a device which sends out an emergency radio signal. The murder of one of its drivers, Mr Ta’ai Lafaele, on Wednesday would hasten a decision on the matter, the association’s manager, Mr Ernie Hurley, said yesterday. Mr Hurley said that such a system had been in use in Auckland Co-Operative Taxi Society vehicles for 12 months. Taxi industry leaders are reluctant to describe how the device works, but it is understood that an emergency radio signal is emitted which also identifies the cab. Auckland taxi-drivers are raising money to fly the brothers and sisters of Mr Lafaele to Auckland from Western Samoa for his funeral and to help his widow and five young children.
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