Female cab driver assaulted after asking man to wear seat belt.

Jamaican taxis parked at a taxi stand.

 A female taxi driver from St Thomas was left shaken, disgruntled and bruised last Thursday (May 30) after a male passenger assaulted her when she asked that he wear his seat belt.

The 62-year-old cab driver said she was reportedly on her way to Morant Bay when she picked up the man in the Pondside area of Yallahs. The man sat in the front seat of the car and the driver requested that the he put on his seat belt for his safety and for her to be in compliance with the Road Traffic Act. However, the passenger took offence to the request.