Taxi-drivers praised
Sir,—The other day, as on many other days, I was sitting in the office of the Disabled Persons Centre in Worcester Street, watching people arrive for an exercise session of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, or was it a meeting of the Stroke Club? There was a constant stream of private cars and taxis and I was struck by the number of taxis — a maxi-taxi driver levering
someone in a wheelchair to the ground; the driver of an ordinary taxi helping someone out of the car on to crutches, or into a wheelchair brought around from the carrier. Out they go to make room for another that had just arrived, and yet another. All this bustle and apparent confusion proceeded calmly and with courteous consideration for the convenience of their passengers. It is a pity we do not wear hats these days because I would like to take mine off to the taxidrivers of Christchurch. —
Yours, etc., GWENDA M. LEWIS, Deputy Chairperson,
Disabled Persons Centre Trust. March 14, 1986.
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