LATE-NIGHT revellers spilling onto the streets in the early hours could be left to make their own way home as Lancaster city hackney taxi drivers threaten to go on strike.
It could spell chaos for motorists trying to dodge drinkers and clubbers as they pour out of the district's hotspots when time is called.
Lancaster City Hackney Proprietors Association's secretary Malcolm Spence says the strike will be considered at the drivers' June meeting - but would be a last resort to resolve a row over bus-only restrictions in the city.
As reported by the Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen, a number of cab drivers are angry at police enforcing bus-only rules, particularly on Spring Garden Street.
They claim the clamp-down forces taxis to take a detour round Lancaster's congested one-way system which pushes up passenger fares, while cabs freely use bus lanes in other cities.
See News - Lancaster for the full story.
May 15, 2003 09:00
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