Taxi driver’s observations likely to offend

IF taxi driver Ken Cashman ever decides to do a stand-up routine he will probably attract the curious, a number of comedy-holics, a few hecklers and those anxious to put a face on the author of Taxi Diaries — The Legend That is... Car 16.

That is the title of his self-published account of his years as a cabby. It seems like a clever literary device — take notes of the weird and wonderful goings-on he has witnessed, along with tales of some of his more colourful passengers, track the Saturday night fever of city life, put it all together with a few humorous anecdotes and stick in the shops for Christmas.

Even if the comments are racy and the jokes a bit raunchy, so what?