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Abuse when carrying passenger / on way to pick up?
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Author:  Guest [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:18 am ]
Post subject:  Abuse when carrying passenger / on way to pick up?
How many others suffer the same shouted abuse when carrying passengers / top light off on way to pre-booked pick up from people trying to hail a cab? Is there anything that we can do about it as especially at week ends this behaviour has to amount to a Section 4 / 5 Public Order Act Offence due to the nature of the language and verbal (and things being thrown, vehicle being kicked etc) and physical abuse. There are plenty of CCTV camera's but never any actual Police to witness such weekly incidents. Last year one such person was seriously injured locally as a result of simply stepping out in front of a taxi already carrying passengers in an attempt to hail the already hired cab!

Grrrr! Its been a bad day!
Author:  MR T [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Abuse when carrying passenger / on way to pick up?
Tigger wrote:
How many others suffer the same shouted abuse when carrying passengers / top light off on way to pre-booked pick up from people trying to hail a cab? Is there anything that we can do about it as especially at week ends this behaviour has to amount to a Section 4 / 5 Public Order Act Offence due to the nature of the language and verbal (and things being thrown, vehicle being kicked etc) and physical abuse. There are plenty of CCTV camera's but never any actual Police to witness such weekly incidents. Last year one such person was seriously injured locally as a result of simply stepping out in front of a taxi already carrying passengers in an attempt to hail the already hired cab!

Grrrr! Its been a bad day!

May I suggest a large Scotch quickly followed by another
:-o
Author:  dundee wav [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:45 am ]
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tough one, maybe a different coloured light picked by the council could help, we all have this problem , light on/off looks the same to punters
Author:  Guest [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:23 am ]
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had a incident about 6/7 years ago when a lad layed down in front of a lads ph to try and stop him.
driver didnt see him and squashed his head flat. :sad:
Author:  miss take [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:56 am ]
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on a recent holiday to new york I noticed that the yellow cab top signs have a facility to display a sign which says off duty,it would mean the expence of buying a bigger sign but it would be worthit.
Author:  smiffyz (geoff) [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:03 pm ]
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PH get it as well, girls lifting up skirts, flashing, boobs out the lot. Punters at 2am peeing with rain, they just want to get home. plus the odd kick as we drive past :evil:
Author:  ULSTERtradeUNIONIST [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:12 pm ]
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PH driver here.....company i work for has a system were a specified 2 digit number is used when driver is in trouble, ie you call number and state where you are or are dropping.......... not much good if you've got a knife to your throat but as in most cases if you're experienced in this game you can hopefully suss out trouble before it happens
Author:  smiffyz (geoff) [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:24 pm ]
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we have to, but normally we just switch to voice on call a "tango".

But you wanna see it when one's blown in! All hell breaks loose, drivers throwning punters out of cars, the lot.
The last one (2 weeks ago) 30 cars blocked a main road off both ways within 5mins! :shock:
It was a sight to be seen!
:mrgreen:
Author:  skippy41 [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:45 pm ]
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has anyone got a link to the company who make the American signs
Author:  dinkidoo [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:53 pm ]
Post subject:  tango
going on to voice and saying "tango" doesnt allways work as i know to my cost. the problem with some offices. some drivers have a higher status than others .whether it be feeding jobs or you being in trouble its proved to me that you dont allways get back up when you need it, due to base opps thinking that there power puts them on a throne . and only the select drivers count. Not nice to say but proves your on your own :? :? :?
Author:  Sussex [ Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: tango
dinkidoo wrote:
going on to voice and saying "tango" doesnt allways work as i know to my cost.

I think it should be an operator's condition of license that they have a well prepared back-up system in place for when drivers need help. :wink:
Author:  GBC [ Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:26 am ]
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What rough areas you lot have to work.

No trouble in the GBC Taxi. :wink:
Author:  MR T [ Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:29 am ]
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The rougher the better, stops you getting bored, and a little exercise keeps you fit 8) 8) 8) :wink:
Author:  Guest [ Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:46 am ]
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I only had to use the Emergency system the once - and there were cabs everywhere within seconds and as I was right on the border had two Police forces. Those initial few seconds are the hardest cos you really don't know what response your gonna get.

I've recently changed offices and instead of having to actually hit the emergency button on the data head or use the radio I've got two "panic buttons" one that I can activate with my knee and one by my right hand which make the Operators computer screen go a nive bright red until they respond to me and everyone else is blocked until this is done!

Hope I'm never in the position to use it ever again - but the good news was that the guy who went for me had a nice holiday at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Author:  smiffyz (geoff) [ Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:02 am ]
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Been told that when our new PDA based system comes in we'll have one button to press and the staff know exactly where you are via gps.

dinkie, i know who you mean but didnt realise she discriminated on tango's as well!
She has less say on weekend nights now, one of the other night managers runs it now. But now your a Hac, how do you go on? with only a few drivers on your system? chances are theres only one of em nearby at any one time.
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