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18 fare-carrying drivers attacked



Eighteen taxi or private hire drivers have reported being assaulted in Wokingham borough in the past year.

Now the borough council has issued advice to drivers to stay safe. Guidance, based on Home Office advice, will be sent to every driver.

It includes keeping a list of locations which have been a source of problems in the past as well as adapting vehicles to make them safer.

Council member for corporate services Councillor Rob Stanton said: “It is a shame this advice is necessary.

“Many people rely on taxi and private hire vehicle drivers and so it is outrageous that any of them should be victims of assault – either verbal or physical.

“But we know these assaults do happen and drivers often operate at night and have to deal with people who have been drinking, which can obviously increase problems.”

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