Taxi drivers will be aware that they may occasionally be faced with a difficult passenger. For instance, he or she may be rather worse the wear due to drinking too much alcohol or a couple of passengers in the back of your cab may be having a heated argument. Most situations can be sorted out without anyone being hurt but occasionally this may not be the case. When this happens, it could be argued that the presence of a CCTV camera could be helpful.

Let’s not forget the passengers in a taxi as well. Very occasionally, you do read a news article reporting a passenger being say sexually assaulted by a taxi driver. So, the installation of a CCTV camera in a taxi may reduce the possibility of such a thing happening.

There are a number of local authorities that have made the installation of CCTV cameras in all their taxis a mandatory requirement. There will no doubt be some taxi drivers who support this requirement but there will be others who do not agree with this requirement.

One reason that immediately comes to mind as to why a taxi driver does not agree with having to have a CCTV camera installed is of course the cost that presumably would have to be borne by him or her. It is an additional expense that a lot of taxi drivers would prefer not to have to bear especially in the current financial climate here in the UK.

Unless you have been very fortunate, if you have been operating a taxi business for many years, it is quite possible that you have come across a fare-dodger who has jumped out of the taxi and run off without paying his or her taxi fare. The presence of a CCTV camera could have acted as a deterrent or the images may prove helpful to the police in finding the criminal.

As you can see, there is for and against having a CCTV camera in your taxi.