Traffic policewoman Maria Luisa Calderon requested a cab driver to move along as he was taking his time picking up a passenger in heavy traffic. His reaction: he turned on his high beams and floored the accelerator, slamming her on the ground, ripping her face and ankle as he raced off. This is a typical scene of a macho backlash on Lima's street as women have replaced most male traffic-officers. This was done in the late 1990's in an effort to give law enforcement a gentler face.

A cab driver tipped off police about two Albanian men carrying stolen computers and flat-screen televisions worth $13,000, after they flagged down his taxi to transport their loot home. The taxi driver first helped the thieves load bulky boxes of stolen goods in front of a law office in the government quarter at 1 a. m. and then drove them to their apartment in a north Berlin district. After collecting his fare and a generous tip, the taxi driver notified the police who later raided the apartment and found other stolen items from previous burglaries.

Police in Suffolk, England, have warned women to "wear nice pants" when going out for a night of drinking show they don't expose themselves if they fall down drunk in the street. Suffolk police safety campaign magazine called "Safe!" shows pictures of young women lying drunk on the ground next to messages like, "If you've got it, don't flaunt it. "

An American soccer fan wandered around Hanover, Germany for six hours because he could not find his hotel after watching a game between Poland and Costa Rica. German police came to the 25-year-old man's rescue after he came into the police station at 3 a. m. to request assistance.

According to authorities, a 19 year old woman might want to wait to get her driver's license after driving a borrowed car into a canal before she was scheduled to take her driver's license test. A Broward Taxi Co. cab driver, who is also the woman's neighbor, had agreed to let the woman practice driving around the parking lot in his taxi before she took the test.