A SALUTARY WARNING.
The narrow escapes from serious, if not fatal accident which occur almost daily in the streets of the city, owing to the practice of the cabmen in rushing off their stands for a fare, has often been made the subject of comment. The City Council have at last taken official cognizance of it, and suspended the license of one of the cabmen for a case of this kind. This will, it is to be hoped, act as a warning, and if not, then the Inspector should receive strict instructions to report any licensed cabmen who may be guilty, and on proof they should at once have their licenses suspended. The rule laid down is plain, that unless a special cab is hailed, the first on the rank [has a right only to leave the stand. But let anyone stand at the corner of a street and hail. Immediately four or five cabs rush over, careless of the lives or limbs of pedes trians, and the only wonder is that some very serious accidents do not occur, especially in our more crowded thoroughfares. The Council, therefore, in the interests of the public, are to be congratulated on the action they have taken, and we trust that they will persevere in the good work, until a complete stop is put to a most dangerous and reprehensible practice.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2158, 25 January 1881, Page 2
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228A SALUTARY WARNING. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2158, 25 January 1881, Page 2
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