Carry on the party in Carlisle's 'rave taxi' A taxi driver, who battled anxiety and addiction to alcohol, says starting a rave in his taxi has changed his life around.
Ferrying drunk passengers home late at night sometimes worried Stuart Curtis, 41, of Eilbeck Close, Raffles, Carlisle.
But over the years he has developed a way of making sure their spirits remain high and they don't get aggressive - by carrying on the party.
Mr Curtis, who is also a DJ, decided to play dance music in his taxi and even added some flashing lights before Carlisle City Council asked him to take them down.
He said: "I just came up with this idea to create a party environment for my passengers.
"I'm still just a normal taxi, it isn't a limo or a rave bus but I just create a party atmosphere."
By making his taxi into a rave machine, Mr Curtis also said he has taken the focus of his passengers off himself.
Mr Curtis was an alcoholic but has now been sober for eight years. He suffers from anxiety but said that making people happy in his taxi really helps him.
He said: "I have just learned a technique: instead of thinking of myself, if I think about other people and making them happy, I forget about myself.
"Ever since I have been thinking about that my anxiety has disappeared."
Mr Curtis has now set up a Facebook page where he posts disco selfies of the ravers in his taxi.
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