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Olympic Taxi Protest Grinds Traffic to a Halt For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me A protest by taxi drivers over London's Olympic lanes brought one of the city's busiest roundabouts to a complete standstill on Friday, just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony. Dozens of police officers stood guard on Hyde Park Corner as the number of taxis slowly grew, until the entire junction stopped moving altogether. Drivers were protesting the fact that London's tens of thousands of taxis have been forbidden from driving in the Olympic lanes set up to allow vehicles related to the Games to move more freely. Cabbies say their exclusion from the lanes will prevent them from picking up passengers in many areas, and will also increase time spent in traffic jams, both of which will significantly affect business. [George Vyse, Taxi Driver]: "We've been trying, trying, endeavouring to get into the Olympic lanes, just to go to work. We're asking for no more money, we just want to go to work. We've had people like the commission, Pete Hendy, Boris Johnson and various other people, not listening, and more or less just told us to get on with it and do what we want to do. We've made comments about the people that are invalids, because every cab's got a wheelchair facility, but whatever arguments we've put up, whatever sensible comments we've made, they've just been pushed to one side." The protest started at approximately 2pm local time, and within half an hour ... From: NTDTV Views: 260 9 ratings Time: 02:49 More in News & Politics