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December 14, 2006
Finally! UPDATE!
'Hotline crackdown on rogue cabbies' and it's about time. I can't tell you how much the Sydney taxi situation drives me NUTS! Getting a cab in Sydney on a Saturday night is harder than getting a ticket to that Diana tribute concert.
Seriously, we all agree that people shouldn't drive home after a big night out but most places in Sydney aren't easily accessible by public transport and getting a cab can sometimes take 1/2 and hour to an hour, what's a person supposed to think?
If I had all the money in the world I would open my taxi company that would put extra people on at busy times and on busy nights.
I don't know about you, but I'm putting this number into my phone:
1800 632 500 I hope this is a first step to taking care of this Sydney annoyance.
-gg
(read the 'continue' part for the update)
Guess what? I had to ring the 'rogue taxi' number already! That was quick, ek?
Well, last night was the council Christmas party and a we were trying to catch a taxi to the party. This Silver Service cab pulled over, the driver rolled down his window, we told him where we were going and he just shook his head and said, 'uh, no'.
The he just drove off....
I couldn't belive it. Were were four sober suburban libraians, for Pete's sake. We needed about a 10 miunute drive down to the Taronga Zoo wharf (not some crack house) and he didn't want to pick us up? What is that?
Well the guy at the hotline was very nice, got all of my details and is passing it along to the tranportation minister. Take that!
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at December 14, 2006 12:18 PM