Taxi Driver Online

I agree.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 5_11_2011/

jeremy Vine show 15/11/2011 1hr 36min 45 secs.

good debate from taxi rep. remarkable support from public as well.

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

Alan Woodward.....now there's a name from the past....from memory he was one of the good guys.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Taxi-driver-filmed-customers-posted-footage-internet/story-12173045-detail/story.html

This story is perhaps why the LA should manage the system.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13002

and this is why we should have sound

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

as some one who will be directly affected by this draconian measure, all i can say that most hack drivers are quiet professional and dont get that many complaints.

if anything its for the mushrooming ph trade, one company gloats it has over three hundred cars on thier fleet, but it does not have the work for them.

in my experience its because of the problems that they get in the ph i.e. sexual assaults, illegal pickups, not being the correct driver, doing the bradford run etc etc that this measure is coming in.

all i can say is agree the route, take cash up front and you'll have no problems!!

If it's a condition of license that data is encrypted, yet it appears on-line somewhere, then the owner driver of the license vehicle could lose their licenses.

And quite rightly so.

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IDFIMH

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/284842

I f*cking hate both the Daily Mail and Daily Express, they are newspapers aimed at a specific class of people and audience.

They say nothing about cameras being in shops, banks, tube stations (not that they're particularly popular in Carlisle), on the high street, in petrol stations, on motorways.......they say nothing about the abuse of CCTV when councils do it like Ashfield...collecting a few registration plates of daft cabbies waiting to get on cab ranks.

But the moment theyre publicised as being fit in cabs....they take a fit.

Perhaps if the public sat in cabs and paid the driver, like they should.....without trying to stab him, or be sick over the back of his head, or insult him, or lie about him because they've spent all their money on a pizza rather than keep money for the cab fare home.....CCTV wouldnt be necessary.

Yes I think conversations in cabs are private, yes there is a cab driver passenger relationship.....but not one they would admit to. But to be honest, I don't want to know the majority of customers when I'm not driving a cab.....invariably they are complete c*nts.

Just a thought

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

To be fair the article does seem to be written by a taxi driver complaining about them rather than from the public's perspective.

I think it's someone taking the p*ss out of what a cab driver would say.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

You're probably right about the authorship, but on the other hand it seems quite sympathetic to the taxi driver's perspective - or at least those who regard this type of thing as a spy in the cab - rather than your own characterisation of it above.

To get the message home to the punters perhaps a surcharge should be brought into the tariff to pay for the proposed CCTV - Once again the LVs are quite content to spend our money for a cause that is not really in their eyes, for the drivers - but more for the passengers!!

If they want to improve the Gas,Electric,Water works then the price goes up to cover the so called investment - we should be looking for some sort of compensation to cover our costs in times of great hardship/recession.

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Yes, there's so much investment going into Oxford's £100,000 plates that there's nothing left for a three hundred quid CCTV system.

THe Gas and Electric are making millions - it does not stop them.

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.