captain cab wrote:
I can only think they mean those eating while driving
I suppose that's one method of payment.
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:16 pm ] |
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Passengers To Report On Taxi Drivers Monday, June 29, 2009 Taxi drivers face penalties for playing their radios, sounding their horns and even eating on the job, under a new points scheme. A council is asking passengers to keep an eye on cabbies in parts of Leicestershire, and report any cases of poor conduct. However, drivers said they did not like the idea of being snooped on by the public and felt it would be impossible to tell if passengers were telling the truth. Drivers in the borough of Oadby and Wigston will get penalty points for offences – including calling out to potential customers in the street – and could even face losing their licences. Gary Waterfield, who is head of licensing at Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, said: "The scheme was launched to increase public safety and give passengers a chance to report unsatisfactory service. "We were aware of a lot of minor issues people brought to our attention and felt that something needed to be done. "The scheme has just started, so we are taking the softly, softly approach and easing our way into it." Drivers will be handed penalties for things such as playing their radio without asking the passenger's permission or failing to help loading bags. Those who notch up 12 points are given the chance to appeal in writing before the decision to revoke their licence is made. The council said no points had yet been handed out. A number of councils around the country – including ones in Oxford and Salford – run similar schemes. Drivers at Aim Taxis, in The Parade, Oadby, said the points system was unfair. Taxi driver Sheik Muhammad Nawaz, 55, said: "It won't work, anyone could report us for charging too much just because they don't agree with the fare. "All it takes is a few drunken people on a Saturday night to decide they don't like the price and that we're being rude and we get suspended. At the weekend we get treated like rubbish, I've had people spit in my face and throw up in the back of my taxi – where are their penalty points?" Mr Waterfield said: "We consulted with taxi firms in Oadby and Wigston before we launched the points system. "The feedback we got from drivers was 50/50 – some were quite keen to go along with it and others were not so keen. "At the end of the day, only those who are doing something wrong have anything to worry about." There are 37 offences under the system, which include sounding the horn to notify customers, leaving the vehicle unattended and not wearing an identification badge. Each misdemeanour is worth either two or three points depending on the severity – which means a driver could lose their licence after four violations. Margaret Niland, 50, from Wigston, said: "It sounds like a good idea. Some taxi drivers are gentlemen, but there are those who make it plain they would rather be elsewhere. "It might make them think a little bit more about how they drive and their manners towards the customers. "Some of the rules sound a bit strong, such as having to ask whether they can listen to the radio, but if it makes the service better then it can only be a good thing." Source; [url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Passengers-report-taxi-drivers/article-1118774-detail/article.html]thisisleicestershire.co.uk |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:18 pm ] |
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I suppose one of the root causes of this, is that not all passengers like Bangra. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:41 pm ] |
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Ain't this just press related b*llshit? Virtually all areas already have conditions covering these matters, only with the points system they are accumulated as points, as opposed to going before a committee? CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:10 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Ain't this just press related b*llshit?
Indeed, but what is wrong with eating? I can understand punters getting the hump if you're eating a kebab while taking them home, but surely not a sandwich on the rank. But to me it's evidence of poor enforcement when they are asking punters to do the licensing officers job. They should put down the pen, switch off their computer, get off their bums, and get out enforcing. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:07 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: Ain't this just press related b*llshit? Indeed, but what is wrong with eating? I can understand punters getting the hump if you're eating a kebab while taking them home, but surely not a sandwich on the rank. But to me it's evidence of poor enforcement when they are asking punters to do the licensing officers job. They should put down the pen, switch off their computer, get off their bums, and get out enforcing. I can only think they mean those eating while driving CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:09 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: I can only think they mean those eating while driving
I suppose that's one method of payment.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:41 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: I can only think they mean those eating while driving I suppose that's one method of payment. only in certain parts of brighton surely? 
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| Author: | toots [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:43 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: I can only think they mean those eating while driving I suppose that's one method of payment. only in certain parts of brighton surely? CC or Oklahoma 
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| Author: | MR T [ Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:50 pm ] |
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It makes one wonder whether it will ever become compulsory that licensing officers have to have a brain.... preferably one that works... and has some knowledge..... people are innocent until they are proved guilty..... that is of course, unless somebody phones in and on their word you are immediately guilty..... |
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| Author: | Doom [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:03 am ] |
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Why don't we all just turn off the meter and run Johnny Public about for nothing, bring him home to have a bounce on the wife if he's horney and offer him some dinner afterwards, give him our bank cards and pin numbers and even let him borrow the car when we aren't using it, after all isn't this what the powers and the public want from us mobile plantation slaves isn't it, ever felt 2nd class, I know I am lately, prime example I refused a drunk tonight because I felt he would be sick, after falling down the side of my car his mate asked the lady with them if her mate would give him a lift, in a worried reply she said no she won't take him he'll be sick, ok to fill him up and dump him on me though innit. Like a mate said years ago, the perfect taxi is a transit van with two benches running each side with a [edited by admin] and sick trough in the middle, empty the trough and power wash the rest of it out ready for tomorrow's excursion into body fluid land. |
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| Author: | Darren63 [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:09 am ] |
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Doom wrote: Like a mate said years ago, the perfect taxi is a transit van with two benches running each side with a [edited by admin] and sick trough in the middle, empty the trough and power wash the rest of it out ready for tomorrow's excursion into body fluid land. That's still too good for some of them. 
A wooden trailer hitched up to the back of your cab is about all some of them deserve to take them home. |
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| Author: | Doom [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:36 am ] |
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Darren63 wrote: Doom wrote: Like a mate said years ago, the perfect taxi is a transit van with two benches running each side with a [edited by admin] and sick trough in the middle, empty the trough and power wash the rest of it out ready for tomorrow's excursion into body fluid land. That's still too good for some of them. A wooden trailer hitched up to the back of your cab is about all some of them deserve to take them home. Towbar and a rope, aka the cowboy ride home 
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:40 am ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: I suppose one of the root causes of this, is that not all passengers like Bangra.
join in lads! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpc263xYA74 |
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| Author: | toots [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:46 am ] |
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Quote: give him our bank cards and pin numbers
Don't know what your problem is with this idea cos you won't have nowt in the bank anyway
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:55 am ] |
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toots wrote: Quote: give him our bank cards and pin numbers Don't know what your problem is with this idea cos you won't have nowt in the bank anyway I will cos some Nigerian bank manager with an uncle in the oil business has asked me to help him get £500M out the secret bank accounts and ive sent him £10K to set it all up so there im minted |
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