Kingston to Oaks Estate is a hefty cab fare

Wanon said :

15-20 minutes to get from Kingston to Oaks Estate!?

Sounds like he deserved to be robbed for taking taking them via Civic! Kingston to Oaks Estate would take about 6 minutes at that time of the day.

Nobody deserves to be assaulted and robbed. Speaking as a cabdriver, I have observed that people with evil on their minds – such as fare evasion – will often stuff the cabbie around first. Go here, go there to collect a friend or buy smokes. After all, they aren’t paying for the ride and they don’t care how much the meter ticks over. Maybe they got the driver to pull over so that one of them could throw up or relieve themselves.

There’s also several traffic lights along that route. Granted, late in the evening they shouldn’t be too much trouble, but the light changes at the Monaro Highway and Hindmarsh Drive intersections can slow you down.

All cabs in Canberra carry CCTVs and the images are taken automatically. If you get into a cab, you will be recorded.

15-20 minutes to get from Kingston to Oaks Estate!?

Sounds like he deserved to be robbed for taking taking them via Civic! Kingston to Oaks Estate would take about 6 minutes at that time of the day.

I can just picture the Oaks Estate parents who had teenagers who went out last night saying “my little Johnny wouldn’t do a thing like that” …… yeah right

Jim Jones said :

That’s odd.

In Canberra I thought it was customary for the taxi driver to rob the customer.

Oh, snap !!!!

That’s odd.

In Canberra I thought it was customary for the taxi driver to rob the customer.

p1 said :

Rawhide Kid Part3 said :

If its ACT cabs, then there should be some good pictures of the passengers recorded by the on board security camera.

I thought all cabs had cameras now? Is this not the case in cabs from Shelbyville Queanbeyan?

I may be wrong, but I think the driver has to hit a button to activate the cameras.

Rawhide Kid Part3 said :

If its ACT cabs, then there should be some good pictures of the passengers recorded by the on board security camera.

I thought all cabs had cameras now? Is this not the case in cabs from Shelbyville Queanbeyan?

mooo_cow said :

Maybe some CCTV (working) recording camera’s monitoring the taxis ranks in Kingston and Civic would be a good idea.

Yes but will not help in this instance as they were picked up from an address not a rank.

If its ACT cabs, then there should be some good pictures of the passengers recorded by the on board security camera.

Maybe some CCTV (working) recording camera’s monitoring the taxis ranks in Kingston and Civic would be a good idea.