The Fiji Taxi Association is now calling on all taxi drivers to refrain from wearing jewellery and carrying expensive phones.
General Secretary Rishi Ram adds taxi drivers should also refrain from carrying a large sum of money in their taxis.
His call comes after a man robbed a 30-year-old taxi driver of a phone and over $100 cash in Kalekana, Lami early yesterday morning.
The incident occurred along Qiolevu Road in Sawani.
Police say the man hired the taxi from Suva.
The man later drove away with the vehicle which was later found abandoned in Colo-i-Suva.
The car was destroyed in a fire.
Ram says this is an unfortunate incident and taxi drivers need to be careful as we are about to enter the festive season.
