I've had to$$ers say things like 'what would you do if I pulled the hand brake now'. I used to slam on the brakes and watch them hit the dash but I can't do that now cos the car beeps if they don't have their seat belts on
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:16 pm ] |
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Cwmbran man jailed after causing 60mph taxi crash http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/4248962.Cwmbran_man_jailed_after_causing_60mph_taxi_crash/ A CWMBRAN man was jailed after grabbing the steering wheel of a taxi travelling around 60mph, causing it to smash into a tree. Michael Brown, 31, had been drinking heavily prior to the crash, described as "an extremely dangerous act" by the judge. Brown pleaded guilty to criminal damage, being reckless as to whether human life was endangered, relating to the smash on September 13 last year. He and a friend were drinking in Cwmbran's John Fielding pub after Brown, of Rhiw Melin, had drank a bottle of wine himself, Cardiff Crown Court was told. The court heard the pair decided to go clubbing in Newport and ordered a taxi. As they were travelling down Cwmbran Drive, Brown, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, pulled up the handbrake and yanked the steering wheel. This caused the car to spin across the opposite side of the road, slamming into a tree and writing off the £10,000 taxi. The driver was left with bruising to his face following the crash and required treatment in the Royal Gwent Hospital. The court heard Brown climbed over the driver to escape, but handed himself into police two days later. Defending, Stephen Thomas said Brown regretted his actions and had he realised the speed they were travelling, would not have done it. Mr Thomas said Brown decided to pull the wheel because he no longer wanted to go to Newport and despite numerous requests, the driver didn't stop, leading him to take this "spontaneous and impulsive decision." Sentencing Brown to eight months, Recorder of Cardiff Nicholas Cooke said: "This was an extremely dangerous act. It's only by the grace of God there wasn't a collision with an oncoming vehicle, or that your or others in the taxi lost their lives." Brown was also disqualified from driving for 18 months. PANEL - TAXI DRIVER David Sheppard, 38, of Greenmeadow, said: "He could have killed me easily. It will take me a very long time to get over it. I can’t believe that someone would go out of their way to be so cruel. "He’s got to realise that you can’t go ripping people’s lives apart and have a laugh about it afterwards. I still avoid working nights because I don’t want to be in that situation again." The father-of-five, a driver with Tiger Taxis for six years, said he had to buy a new car following the crash and it left him and his wife, who drove the taxi during the day, unemployed because they were without a working car and it cost him around £6,000 after insurance. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:01 pm ] |
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What a f*cking idiot of a passenger. CC |
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:05 pm ] |
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I've had to$$ers say things like 'what would you do if I pulled the hand brake now'. I used to slam on the brakes and watch them hit the dash but I can't do that now cos the car beeps if they don't have their seat belts on
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:39 pm ] |
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toots wrote: I've had to$$ers say things like 'what would you do if I pulled the hand brake now'. I used to slam on the brakes and watch them hit the dash but I can't do that now cos the car beeps if they don't have their seat belts on
It used to be possible to put 5 passengers in an FX4, all on the floor before you hit the first set of lights from Carlisle's station rank. 
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:41 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: toots wrote: I've had to$$ers say things like 'what would you do if I pulled the hand brake now'. I used to slam on the brakes and watch them hit the dash but I can't do that now cos the car beeps if they don't have their seat belts on It used to be possible to put 5 passengers in an FX4, all on the floor before you hit the first set of lights from Carlisle's station rank. CC Loads of fun 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:43 pm ] |
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toots wrote: Loads of fun It certainly quietened them down......pensioners who needs them
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:50 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: toots wrote: Loads of fun It certainly quietened them down......pensioners who needs them CC Ffs, stop it
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| Author: | captain cab [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:53 pm ] |
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toots wrote: Ffs, stop it
It a good job the fairway can only take one wheelchair.....it would have been like death race 2000 in there
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:46 am ] |
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Would he be able to claim compo from the court now for providing a new car and loss of earnings???/ |
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