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Imagine this. You spend all day working. Its a Saturday so there have been plenty of fares and lots of big tippers too. You feel that its a job well done and you've worked hard enough for today so decide to head home. It makes sense to pick one last fare up, you never know, they might live near you. You pull up at the taxi rank and wait for someone to hop in. Two lads finally decide to get in and they ask you to drop them off right out of town. It may not have been entirely what you wanted but at least you'll get good money for it. Once you reach the estimation you soon see that there are no houses about. You pull up and turn around to ask the exact address and realize that you are being held at knife point for your money. You're in the middle of nowhere so have no option but to give them the cash. They run off and once the shock has worn off, you realize that you didn't even get a good look at their faces. Now as horrific as this story is, it could happen and most taxi drivers will have to wait months before they get their money back through the insurers, some won t get their money back at all. So what is the solution? Its got to be the new and innovative CCTV system that is specifically designed for taxis. With this system you will have several cameras recording your passengers every movement, an audio device recording them and even the option of a monitor to show them that you are filming them and encourage them to be well behaved. This whole system may be a bit on the pricey side but when you compare it to a days loss of earnings and your safety, it doesn't seem so steep. In this case the camera would have recorded the thieves getting into the taxi, recorded their faces and would even be able to tell you what they were whispering to each other just before they pulled the knife. All of this evidence could have been taken to the police so that the thieves were not only caught and punished but also made to pay back the money they stole. These things may not happen all the time but they still go on and those who are wise enough to take precaution against it will find themselves far safer in the long run.
This Article Has Been Published on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 and Read 163 Times