Cameras to be put in Las Vegas cabs
LAS VEGAS “”mdash; By next year, cameras in Las Vegas taxis
won’t only be for “˜”˜true
confessions” style television.
Cabbies, company owners and regulators agreed Tuesday to require
security surveillance in all 2,000 cabs serving the area by April
1.
The Nevada Taxicab Authority had rejected a similar measure in
February, after company owners cited fears about cost.
But violence against taxi drivers ““ including the death of
a cab driver set afire during a botched robbery in August ““
spurred new action by the five-member appointed panel.
“˜”˜Nobody on this board takes any pride in seeing
somebody badly burned or shot,” authority Chairman
Richard Land said Tuesday. “˜”˜It is time to put this to
bed.”
Land said cameras won’t stop all violence. But advocates
said surveillance will provide a deterrent and evidence to help
police solve crimes.
City not responsible for driving accident
A judge tentatively ruled that a pedestrian was negligent and
can’t sue West Hollywood for injuries suffered when he
stepped onto a busy Sunset Boulevard and was run over by a car.
Jason Eli Sayers, 25, suffered brain damage in the April 2001
accident that occurred at an intersection with a malfunctioning
flashing light, so he sued the city of West Hollywood.
But Superior Court Judge Valerie Baker ruled the congested,
high-accident-rate city was not liable for Sayers injuries, saying
the pedestrian negligently failed to look for approaching cars
before stepping into traffic.
Baker said the crosswalk at Sunset Boulevard and Alta Loma Road
was difficult to cross, but said Sayers failed to prove it was
“˜”˜dangerous.”
San Francisco airport hopes to fight the
weather
SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; San Francisco International Airport has
unveiled a $20 million fix for flight delays caused by
temperamental weather.
The solution, a new landing procedure that lets two planes
almost simultaneously descend onto twin runways and utilizes a new
radar system, took six years to develop and was demonstrated
Tuesday.
“˜”˜It essentially allows us to cheat the
weather,” said Capt. Joseph Burns, director of CH
flight standards and technology for United Airlines.
Compiled from Bruin wire services.