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| August 10, 2010 | Security cameras for Kiwi cabs after fatal attack on Indian origin driver | | Wellington: The frenzied and fatal knife attack on Indian origin taxi driver Hiren Mohini on View Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland more than six months ago, has prompted the authorities to fit
security cameras in taxis in large towns and cities from next year in an effort to improve safety. New Zealand’s Transport Minister Steven Joyce said that the
cost of installing and operating the cameras would be borne by taxi companies
and drivers. He said that the Cabinet had considered the issue and decided to
mandate cameras in taxis. Measures to tighten telecommunications requirements
for taxis have also been approved to ensure drivers have around the clock communications
support. Taxi drivers working environments were no longer as safe as they once
were, the New Zealand Herald quoted Joyce, as saying. Since 2008 there had been
a number of serious attacks on taxi drivers, two of which resulted in death. | |
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