Regent Street was evacuated earlier today and a suspicious Taxi left unattended and parked on a Taxi rank outside Hamleys became the second Taxi this year to be damaged by security officers in controlled action.
For years, we have been warning about the way the Met police turn a blind eye to minicabs parked all over the WestEnd and City.
Even in the wake of the minicab car bomb left outside Tiger Tiger in 2007. Although extremely serious, this incident had little to no affect on police and within hours the minicabs were back parked all over the Haymarket, left unabated by security services.
The Taxi trade has been warning of possible car bombs attacks as Wardens, Police and TfL constantly take no notice of cars parked on our Taxi ranks.
Now another Taxi, left unattended on a rank, had fallen victim to a security incident.
A second Taxi at th scene, left unattended on Hamley's rank was left untouched by the bomb squad officers when the driver returned and managed to alert the police.
It's been reported that the Taxi affected had no TfL plates, no identifiers and had tinted windows, so fair to say was a private vehicle and not a Taxi.
While London is in danger of an imminent attack from terrorists, it's imperative that Taxis are not left unattended other than on rest ranks.
Please ladies and gents take heed....do not leave your Taxis on working Taxi ranks.