Two nights back in the evening peak, a taxi broke down on New South Head Road in the eastern direction right alongside Rushcutters Bay Park. As we drove past in the western direction we noted that the taxi was in the middle lane of three and less than 20 metres from a side intersection that it could conceivably have been pushed or towed into and out of the way of a massive traffic build up behind it. A police van was stationed immediately behind the broken down taxi and police were directing the blocked traffic around it.
The traffic reports on the radio were reporting the break down and reporting that the traffic build up stretched right back to Hyde Park in the city, about three kilometres back. The reports pointedly noted that the taxi driver was refusing to allow his taxi to be towed away.
I was quite astonished by this. I would have assumed that police had the right to move a vehicle away that was obstructing traffic. These reports suggest otherwise.
Bring back the old days of policing. In the old days, Sydney police would have given him a hiding and pushed the cab into a wall.
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