Taxi on the State?
PA Wellington The Ministry of Transport is considering providing penniless drinking drivers with taxis home.
It has been reviewing procedures used to deal with drivers who have their car keys confiscated at night.
The review was prompted by the rape of a young Auckland woman while she was walking home in April after having her car keys confiscated by traffic officers. Assistant Chief Traffic Superintendent Henry Gore said the Ministry believed its procedures and policies were adequate and it would re-emphasise to traffic officers the need for sensitivity and humanity. He said the Ministry could not provide rules for each of the “101" different situations officers could encounter. Nor could officers force drivers to take advantage of offers of help to get home. However. Mr Gore said the Ministry was now considering how it could help people who were penniless, had no friends or relatives to call on for transport, or when no patrol cars were available.
He said money or a chit could possibly be provided for a taxi but administrative problems and procedures for recovering the money would have to be studied.
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