Taxi drivers operate as if they rule roads

ATHOL Trollip, it must come as no surprise to you that a section of motorists in this city acts with total disregard for both the law and lives of other citizens.

I was driving one morning last week to work, when a taxi (I have the licence plate number) came through a red light on Cape Road. I am lucky to be alive. I hooted at the driver, but he totally intimidated me by his manner, then pulling up and threatening me.

It would appear that taxi drivers not only feel that the rules of the road do not apply to them, but also that they are entitled to enforce their “rule” of the road by intimidation and thuggery.

This incident has been reported to the traffic department.

I am sure your traffic department is short-staffed as in all other municipal departments, but is there any way in which the traffic wardens can be visible in Cape Road during the early morning traffic?

The stretch from the Greenacres area up to Target Kloof seems to be especially hazardous.

The outrageous disregard of traffic signs is escalating.

At the Five Ways intersection of Cape Road and Target Kloof taxis regularly make a right turn from the kerb lane into Target Kloof in front of and ignoring other traffic.

The taxis have a monopoly on the road and God help the rest of us.

I am close to retirement and thus in my exit years, but I would like to retire in a year or two and not become another statistic on our roads.

It would be a public service if The Herald was to organise a campaign for safe driving on our roads.

Lady motorist, Adcockvale, Port Elizabeth