Taxi Driver Online

it was announced in the local rag this week that "obnoxious Knoxy" who was jailed for 5 years for killing a motorcyclist on the A1 whilst driving at high speed and talking on his mobile has had his sentence cut to 4 years !

Which means that the lunatic will be back driving tqaxis jumping rank and generally p*ss$%g off the rest of much sooner


And before anyone makes the suggestion the council has already made it clear that they WILL be giving him his badge back after all the don't have the right to deny the bloke a living or themselves the 300 quid a year in plate fees badge fees etc they get out of it !

so he'll be out in two and back on the road in three?

CC

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George Carlin

It all depends on wether they give him a badge.

The first post reports that the council WILL be giving him a badge.

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Grandad,

Get everyone to object to any application.

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It don't work with our council they have an answer for everything !


Can't deny someone the right to earn a living is the usual line they trot out

cabbies : but he's been charged twice with sexual assault in 3 months

council : yes but he hasn't been convicted !

cabbies : he's a dangerous driver and has had 7 crashes in 3 years

Council : yes but the police haven't objected to his license renewal

etc etc

any convictions?

cabbies : he's a dangerous driver and has had 7 crashes in 3 years

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Then the council is useless.

They can refuse a license if they can prove the applicant isn't 'fit and proper'.

A four year jail term fit's that bill quite nicely.

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IDFIMH

then that makes a mockery of the whole CRB enhanced checks, there should be a "5 year clear" rule from any criminal conviction or loss of licence, except sex/drugs or firearms when it should be 15 years, and no-one on licence should ever get a badge.

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I don't think you can.

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Grandad,

Anyone can object.

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How? On what grounds? Taxi drivers badges and renewals are not advertised in the press.

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Grandad,

I suppose in this case a group of drivers can raise a petition saying they don't want this mush to get his license back.

That will have to be discussed when the petition arrives by the committee concerned.

That in turn will get into the newspapers and hopefully will make the officials think gain.

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IDFIMH

Why would it have to be discussed. If the procedures do not allow for outside objections then it can't even be placed before the committee. I thought that only the committee themselves can object and they seem to have made it clear that they will grant the license.
Maybe a visit to the papers may help but again until the license has been granted, there is no story and afterwards it is probably to late.

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Grandad,

He still has to try and get an insurance quote that should be a killer excuse the pun