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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:25 pm 
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I am not sure if this has been covered.................so! how would we stand bearing in mind the scum that infest our cabs/cars.


http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=22847

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 Post subject: Re: Litter from cars!?
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:40 pm 
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I am not sure if this has been covered.................so! how would we stand bearing in mind the scum that infest our cabs/cars.


http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=22847

We just say it was a passenger who I picked up at A and dropped off a B.

Leave the rest to them.

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 Post subject: Re: Litter from cars!?
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:55 pm 
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Last year nine million drivers - nearly a fifth of all motorists - threw litter from their cars.


Fechin load of Sh*te....They have no way of knowing how many Drivers through rubbish from cars or whether it was drivers or passengers or whether it was one million drivers throwing out nine bits of rubbish our per annum.


If these LA anusholes spent less money on creating speculative guesstimates and more money on a clean up policy then it may be money better spent.. #-o


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Last year nine million drivers - nearly a fifth of all motorists - threw litter from their cars.


Fechin load of Sh*te....They have no way of knowing how many Drivers through rubbish from cars or whether it was drivers or passengers or whether it was one million drivers throwing out nine bits of rubbish our per annum.


If these LA anusholes spent less money on creating speculative guesstimates and more money on a clean up policy then it may be money better spent.. #-o


Got to agree. Where did they come up with that figure?

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Where did they come up with that figure?

Probably asked the LC.......... :badgrin:

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:45 pm 
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Got to agree. Where did they come up with that figure?

I would guess that they carried out a survey of say 100 motorists and 20 of them said that they had thrown rubbish from the car. From this they can say that statistically 20% of motorists threw rubbish. But if 9 million is 20% of motorists then there must be 45 million motorists in the country.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm 
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gusmac wrote:
Got to agree. Where did they come up with that figure?

I would guess that they carried out a survey of say 100 motorists and 20 of them said that they had thrown rubbish from the car. From this they can say that statistically 20% of motorists threw rubbish. But if 9 million is 20% of motorists then there must be 45 million motorists in the country.


And by applying the Maths £863 Million clean up costs Divided by 9 Million Bits of rubbish = £95.88 per piece of litter they clean up, FFs, just how much are they paying these roadsweepers, That's £383.55 just to pick up 4 bits of litter a week!!


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And by applying the Maths £863 Million clean up costs Divided by 9 Million Bits of rubbish = £95.88 per piece of litter they clean up, FFs, just how much are they paying these roadsweepers, That's £383.55 just to pick up 4 bits of litter a week!!

That would probably be about right. Just look at the management fee being paid to G4S for not managing the Olympic security.

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Is it any wonder the country is on its arse?

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grandad wrote:
bloodnock wrote:
And by applying the Maths £863 Million clean up costs Divided by 9 Million Bits of rubbish = £95.88 per piece of litter they clean up, FFs, just how much are they paying these roadsweepers, That's £383.55 just to pick up 4 bits of litter a week!!

That would probably be about right. Just look at the management fee being paid to G4S for not managing the Olympic security.


If theye'd only asked me, I could have "Not Managed" the Olympic security for a damned sight less.


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Is it any wonder the country is on its arse?


More like on it's knees, and as we all look over our Shoulder we see a queue of Politicians and Businessmen unbuckling their belts in readiness to shaft us even more... #-o


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Strange this should come up now, we were made aware that it is the driver who is held responsible for litter being thrown out of the cars about 18 months ago :?

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Strange this should come up now, we were made aware that it is the driver who is held responsible for litter being thrown out of the cars about 18 months ago :?




As I said.............this has probably been covered before. Having said that it would seem that it was just "Paper" talk at the time, only having been introduced officially into London as recently as June.

I am still wondering as to how we will fare in terms of not having eyes in the back of our head.

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cabby john wrote:
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Strange this should come up now, we were made aware that it is the driver who is held responsible for litter being thrown out of the cars about 18 months ago :?




As I said.............this has probably been covered before. Having said that it would seem that it was just "Paper" talk at the time, only having been introduced officially into London as recently as June.

I am still wondering as to how we will fare in terms of not having eyes in the back of our head.


You know what they're like they don't care if you did it or not or you didn't see passengers do it, you're responsible so give them you're hard earned :wink:

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