Cabbies should be more vigilant - one drove off with kid inside
CAB drivers should be more vigilant in making sure that nothing is left behind after their passengers have alighted.
In my case, the driver did not check his taxi before driving off with my four-year-old son, whose seat belt was unbuckled.
My husband, my son and I had boarded a Yellow-Top cab at the taxi stand outside Queenstown MRT station at 7.05am on Wednesday. I was dropped off first at Hilton Hotel along Orchard Road.
The taxi then proceeded to my son's school at Millennia Walk. My husband asked the driver to stop somewhere along the road between Millennia Walk and Conrad Hotel. After paying the fare, my husband unbuckled my son's seat belt and told him to wait while he got off to open the door on the right hand side, where the kerb was. As soon as he stepped out and closed the door, the driver immediately sped off without looking behind.
My husband ran after the cab for some distance before the driver realised that something was wrong. He then reversed very quickly towards my husband, with my son still in the back seat. When my husband got to the cab, my son was in a state of shock.
It is bad enough that the driver did not bother to take a few minutes to make sure nothing was left behind, but it infuriated us that he was negligent with our son's life.
Daphne Lim (Mdm)
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST+Forum/Online+Story/STIStory_421679.html
CAB drivers should be more vigilant in making sure that nothing is left behind after their passengers have alighted.
In my case, the driver did not check his taxi before driving off with my four-year-old son, whose seat belt was unbuckled.
My husband, my son and I had boarded a Yellow-Top cab at the taxi stand outside Queenstown MRT station at 7.05am on Wednesday. I was dropped off first at Hilton Hotel along Orchard Road.
The taxi then proceeded to my son's school at Millennia Walk. My husband asked the driver to stop somewhere along the road between Millennia Walk and Conrad Hotel. After paying the fare, my husband unbuckled my son's seat belt and told him to wait while he got off to open the door on the right hand side, where the kerb was. As soon as he stepped out and closed the door, the driver immediately sped off without looking behind.
My husband ran after the cab for some distance before the driver realised that something was wrong. He then reversed very quickly towards my husband, with my son still in the back seat. When my husband got to the cab, my son was in a state of shock.
It is bad enough that the driver did not bother to take a few minutes to make sure nothing was left behind, but it infuriated us that he was negligent with our son's life.
Daphne Lim (Mdm)
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST+Forum/Online+Story/STIStory_421679.html
