Taxi Driver

[Forest]

I just came across this gem in the Melbourne Age:

Cabbie flips over egg stunt

A group of youths who hurled an egg at a taxi came off second best when the driver flipped, allegedly arming himself with a knife and smashing every window in their car with a tyre lever.

The taxi driver allegedly tried to force the youths off the road, ploughing into their car after an egg was thrown at his cab in Geelong about 11.30pm last night.

The group of five males was chased from the CBD into a reserve car park off Thompson Rd, where their car hit the gutter and blew a tyre.

Police allege the taxi driver then crashed into the side of their car, armed himself with a tyre lever and knife and smashed every window and the tail lights on the car.

The driver, 41, later handed himself into police and is expected to be charged on summons with conduct endangering life, assault, criminal damage and numerous traffic offences.

A 17-year-old boy from Teesdale who threw the egg has been cautioned by police for discharging a missile.

He and the other males, aged 16, 17, 18 and 20, suffered minor injuries in the incident.

Police are calling for witnesses.

I don't generally have much time for Taxi drivers. But I hope that somebody buys him a beer.

If somebody was throwing eggs at my car, I'd certainly feel tempted to act as he did.

One man against five.

[SS90]

Yea, I agree.

While he really did over react, you have to think about how hard it is for Taxi drivers in this world......yu try justifying charging 20 bucks to drive someone 5km, you needs balls of steel!

[mattian]

He may have over-reacted considering the circumstances however, on the other hand, with all the crap they have to put up with, it was inevitable that one would snap like that. It probably won't be the last time either.
Taxi drivers are (generally speaking) hard working people struggling to make ends meet. What other profession, apart from the police, do you go to work at everyday wondering if you are going to be assaulted.

[firefighter]

What other profession, apart from the police, do you go to work at everyday wondering if you are going to be assaulted.

Ambulance officers, even the ones here get attacked, and now do self defence courses.

Firefighters in the UK. There's something wrong with the motherland, they call out the fire brigade regularly to couldersacs then beat the shit out of them when they turn up to put out the fire/whathaveyou, disgusting fucken poms, there's something wrong with them......