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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (107805)	2/3/2010 9:57:52 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 116555

I don't understand this - shouldn't this guy be getting a $5 million dollar bonus package? (instead of into trouble) If he were a banker or bond trader, acting like this would get him at least that large a bonus. Look at how many fares he was able to charge and how profitable it was making his run. So maybe that also incurred a little risk, is that supposed to matter? If not for him, these children would have been missing the schooling ownership experience, almost as good as home ownership. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters Life!) – A South African minibus taxi driver five times over the legal blood alcohol limit at breakfast time was arrested Wednesday for transporting 49 children in a 16-seat vehicle. The 26-year-old man was pulled over at a routine check-point in KwaZulu-Natal province, where traffic officials found the children, aged between three and 13, crammed on top of each other for the morning ride to school. "The man is now behind bars," Colin Govender of the Road Traffic Inspectorate said. The driver is due to appear in court Thursday. With the soccer World Cup just months away, police are cracking down on rogue taxi operators in the hope that foreign visitors will use minibuses to get around the country. Millions of mostly black South Africans use minibus taxis to travel between townships and cities, although many of the vehicles are barely roadworthy and fatal accidents are common. (Editing by Paul Casciato) news.yahoo.com