At noon, demonstration of taxi drivers. They will meet in two points

At 12 o'clock, taxi drivers announce a demonstration. They want to pay attention once again to the problem of unauthorized carriers who, as they say, "take away customers from them". There will be traffic problems.

Taxi drivers will meet Wednesday at noon, usually at two locations: on the ground of the national stadium and on the parking lot in front of Torwar. Later, the two columns will meet in the center.

– We are in the process of determining the route. We expect about 400 drivers to participate in the event. We have information that we will be supported by colleagues from Lodz – said Monday Artur Wnorowski, vice president of the union "Taxi Driver Warsaw".

"We will not be able to warn"

The information on the planned demonstration did not reach the officials or the police on the official route.

– The organizers of the event have not informed the town hall, so we do not know the exact route of the course. This means that we will not be able to warn the Warsawians sooner of the difficulties, explained Tomasz Demiańczuk of the press service of Warsaw City Hall on Monday.

– The police have not been informed of the planned event. I can assure you that the police will examine the situation closely and react according to the circumstances – announced Jarosław Florczak of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police Department earlier this week.

The previous demonstration of taxi drivers from Warsaw organized on October 18th. Now they have decided to remember the leaders and pay attention to the problem of illegal carriers – in their opinion.

"Last warning"

"The previous demonstration was supposed to be a warning, it did not work, it will be the last warning, this time there will be traffic problems in the center of Warsaw, but in the middle of the day." The next demonstration will block the center -ville at rush hour, "read on Facebook.

– We call for an intensification of work on the amendment of the law on road transport – explains Artur Wnorowski. – We want the rules to be applied equally to all carriers. Meanwhile, unlicensed carriers operate without a license, they are not required to perform psychotechnical tests or have cash registers. And most importantly – we mean carriers with equal responsibility for what happens to the passenger – he explains.

See our material on the previous event:

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