Fare go for taxi drivers struggling with fuel and insurance costs

By Tracey Prisk
Updated March 29 2014 - 8:39am, first published 4:00am
TOUGH TIMES: NSW Taxi Council chief executive officer Roy Wakelin-King, Orange Taxis chairman Darryl Curran and NSW Country Taxi Operators Association president Brian Wilkins met in Orange this week to talk about challenges facing the industry. Photo: STVE GOSCH  0326sgtaxi21
TOUGH TIMES: NSW Taxi Council chief executive officer Roy Wakelin-King, Orange Taxis chairman Darryl Curran and NSW Country Taxi Operators Association president Brian Wilkins met in Orange this week to talk about challenges facing the industry. Photo: STVE GOSCH 0326sgtaxi21

RISING fuel and insurance prices, and a proposed fare freeze are making life hard for taxi drivers, according to NSW Taxi Council chief executive officer Roy Wakelin-King.

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