TAXIDRIVER ADOPTS STEEL HELMET
"T ' Received Monday ,*;8^0r''SVui. ■ ■- - -l f . V \ i . t: syi^NjEY, TCuiy . 22,!"-" - '• one'-- taxitMver io g'Oodi aceourft;; ;fhe)tsudJen |e|^yg|of pteerhelmefsyto.t^e thro'i|gh chain 'stores. 'He • botig^-fc one i'fbr .''4d f tt-nd ■ now. . .wears . it after /daiic, as- a pfo'tec,£ion. against-'jt^iugs;' "It's the fifst bl'ow that counts," said the taxidriver who is an exserviceman. "A thug will find it hard to get a telling blow in on me with this on. ' ' Other drivers have installed grilles and self-locking doors. The city engineer is working on a. siren for taxis, which will operate by a foot switch and keep sounding tmtil the police arrive.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1946, Page 5
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