Bravo to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani for implying that New York has a car problem, and bravo to his new policy of confiscating the vehicles of reckless drivers (news article, Jan . 14.
We are dismayed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's proposal to renege on New York City's historical commitment to provide health benefits for Queens bus drivers (news article, June 25).
" 'Apple Green' a Hard Sell to Livery Drivers" (news article, May 1) shows that livery and black-car drivers who illegally pick up street hails gravitate to lucrative Manhattan, where the New York Police Department does not enforce the law and the small force of Taxi and Limousine Commission agents is no match for the incredible volume of activity.
The Israeli Army acknowledged on Friday that Abed Takkoush, who was a driver and news assistant for the BBC in Lebanon for 25 years, was killed by an artillery shell fired at his car by an Israeli tank on May 23, as Israeli forces were hastily withdrawing from southern Lebanon.
The drivers exchanged news of the strike's end, and after the announcement, one lifted his fist into the air and shouted, "Thank you".
Re "Parking Garages Suffering From Manhattan's Single-Driver Restrictions" (news article, Nov. 26): While parking garage operators in Manhattan lament the decline in business resulting from the ban on one-passenger vehicles entering Lower Manhattan during the morning rush, they ignore the even greater economic benefits: reduced traffic congestion.
The driver broke the news.
The cab driver had the news on the radio.
As we head towards the fighting, the driver switches from news to the martial music of the Palestinian resistance.
Mr. Putin also suggested that Russia might increase its sponsorship of the Renault Formula One team, where a Russian, Vitaly Petrov, is a second driver, the Interfax news agency reported.
