Illegal cabs again

Don't mind jumping into an illegal cab after a night out? What's the problem you say?

Well, let us use Oslo, my town in Norway as an example. Just in a couple of days there has been reported several instances of rape and other serious criminal activities involving illegal taxi drivers. One driver alone was recently accused of three sexual assaults against drunk, young female victims.

Then there's another case where a 41-year-old woman was raped and robbed. As if the sexual trauma is not enough, the travel insurance company have refused to pay the woman for the values she was robbed of.

Why? They claim the victim is to blame by getting into an illegal cab under the influence of alcohol.

Even if this may be a tough call, it points to the very real dangers of getting into one of these vehicles - if anything happens, you're basically on your own.

Little known Iowa law

This, it seems, is a little-known law in Iowa, USA. Your insurance company may not have to pay to defend you from a wrongful death lawsuit if you kill an intruder in your home as you're being attacked.

A change in that state law was suggested in a Wednesday ruling by the Iowa Court of Appeals.

The lawsuit that brought the issue before the court recounts an incident in Early in December 2001 when a woman, who was being attacked in her home, killed a man in self-defense.

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