Cabbies Ask to Be Free of Seat Belt Law

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 08, 2012

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<p>Oahu taxi drivers say they should be exempt from the state's new seat belt law because being strapped in makes them "sitting ducks" for robbers and assailants.</p>
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Every Sunday, "Back in the Day" looks at an article that ran on this date in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. The items are verbatim, so don't blame us today for yesteryear's bad grammar.

Oahu taxi drivers say they should be exempt from the state's new seat belt law because being strapped in makes them "sitting ducks" for robbers and assailants. Login for more...