The Taxi Federation is calling on the Government to make video cameras in taxis compulsory as the hunt continues for the killer of an Auckland cabbie yesterday morning.
Hiren Mohini died after he was stabbed in the neck and torso and his cab crashed into a tree in Mt Eden.
Taxi Federation executive director Tim Reddish says he asked Transport Minister Steven Joyce to make video cameras compulsory when a taxi driver was killed in Christchurch, just over a year ago.
Mr Reddish says the cameras cost about $2,000 each - he says if the Government doesn't make them compulsory, taxi companies won't install them.
He says they have been proven to improve safety since being installed in all cabs in Western Australia.
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