Dear Editor
Sir-, I enjoyed reading Patrick Hainguru's letter on his daily experience in taxis. In fact, that letter makes me remember that I also have to endure the taxi drivers everyday. I have lived in New York for over ten years and I became used to the convenience of a taxi around every corner. But in New York there is also a very good bus system and a subway system - these last two we don't have in Namibia, and so we are forced to use taxis.

In the USA, regulations for taxis are very strict. Because the authorities take a taxi off the road without hesitating, or suspend a taxi driver, their compliance is high. US taxi drivers are not the best drivers in the world, but they watch out. It is safe to ride in them.
In Namibia, I have found that taxi drivers think they are their own law. The taxis are more often than not, not even worthy for the junkyard, and the taxi drivers intimidate the police.
I beg the traffic police to do their job. I am scared every day getting into a taxi, but what can I do. I have to get around.
Praying alive,
Festus Matongu
Windhoek