Rude on the roads

Someone observed the other day, “People in general are just rude.” They were talking about walking the dog down their street, smiling at other people, and receiving back nothing but blank stares. You know, I don’t think people are rude. As a taxidriver, I meet a LOT of people (one of the reasons someone who [...]

Wasted

I’m disgusted. I’m a night cabbie, and for the past year or two, ever since the last Commonwealth election, I’ve been driving home public servants, drunk and exhausted. I pick them up from Parliament, from government offices, from hotels. Long after midnight.

Kiva cabbie

I can help. My passengers sometimes give me tips. The businessmen and the government officials so rarely tip that it is a cause for wonder when they do. But those who pay the fare from their own pocket, those who are least able to afford a generous gesture, they are my best tippers.

Penalties

ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said, announcing tougher laws, “We are sending a clear message to the community that Canberra’s culture of dangerous driving will not be tolerated.”