FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICE
While there has probably been improvement in the taxi position in Wellington since the Taxi Control Committee began operations, as claimed by Mr. V. J. Leek, a member of the committee, yesterday, we cannot agree that the position is satisfactory from the public's point of view. As we pointed out on Saturday,* there has been an effort on the part of the controlling companies to ensure a fairer distribution of available services, but it is evident that some drivers have not co-operated fully and have concentrated on more lucrative trips which may come under the heading oi joyriding. They have not given the tuiJ service vvhjch the public have a nghi to demand, in view of the fact tnat petrol and tyres have been made available to them on the understanding that an essential service would be provided. One complaint is that a proportion of drivers do not report back to headquarters at the end of a trip but indulge in what is known as "cruising" in the hope of picking up lucrative fares. As a result, the essential running does not have priority. There is only one way to overcome this, and that is by insisting that the rules regarding reporting are strictly observed, under pain of deterrent penalties.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1943, Page 4
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