Taxi drivers are reporting an increase in attacks, theft, passengers not paying fares, and damage to their vehicles.
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00:00Drivers being attacked, drivers being robbed, passengers doing runners, failing to pay the
00:06fares.
00:07So the level of abuse that drivers get, it's not something new.
00:12It is something that is very seriously underreported.
00:16Drivers have been stabbed in the eye and blinded for life by a stiletto.
00:20There was a driver in Glasgow who was stabbed 13 times and his ear was half sliced off.
00:25It isn't just abuse, it is physical violence.
00:29It is physical attacks and a lot of it can be racially motivated, a lot of it can be
00:36drink-induced, a lot of it can be drug-induced.
00:39Oddly enough, I've had conversations with police and with door staff in nightclubs as
00:45a driver and they've all said they could not do our job.
00:49Come and listen to some of the concerns.
00:51Come and get involved because there's a lot going on with the industry where we need the
00:56government's support.
00:57We need the government's help.