yet have a minor criminal conviction such as no insurance,

Taxi and private hire drivers in Bedford claim that they may not be able to renew their licences because of tighter rules on criminal convictions.

“But drivers who have been working for the past 20 years without problems, yet have a minor criminal conviction such as no insurance, could be banned from 
driving a cab for 10 years.

A Borough Hall spokesman said: “All licensing applications are judged on their individual merits. Between September 1 and October 31, 2012, five licensing 
applications were refused. Of these, four applicants were found to have been 
convicted of a violent offence and one applicant had failed the Basic English Assessment for such licensees and there were also two sexual offence allegations against the applicant.”

Talk about Turkeys voting for Christmas.

Surely, only convictions directly relating to your ability to do your job should be used to deny a licence?

Think about it, any conviction, regardless how trivial, and your licence is potentially gone.

Where’s your criteria/standards/benchmarks or precedent used for deciding what constitutes “a fit and proper person" to hold a licence?
If you have one slip-up, a breach of the peace even, because of an argument with your neighbour, and it’s, good-bye licence?

You lot must be mad. You would have to be insane to agree to CRB, checks before first finding out how they would be used, and what a “fit and proper person” is in the first place.

Deary me… thick or what?

Balal Shah, spokesman for Bedford’s private hire drivers, said: “I fully support the CRB system and played a pivotal part in bringing that in.

What a tool...

Here’s another little nugget. What is it with taxi drivers, wanting to hand their local authorities their a*s on a silver platter? When it comes to regulating their trade? I just don’t get it.

Any other industry would be seeking to protect themselves from these power-mad clowns, but not the taxi trade. Nae wonder your trade is fu*ked.

Maybe the "trade" needs to be squeaky-clean cos they are in close contact with the public including children and women, even then some cant keep their hands to themselves

I get the feeling wanabeahack. You obviously see yourself as some sort of paragon, of cab driving virtue. That everyone should aspire to imitate. In other words, you’re a dickhead.

It appears turkeys do vote for Christmas after all and wanabeahack is living proof.

Skull, you may be happy to have murderers, rapists, druggies and muggers given badges, most normal people may have concerns though

Who said anything about murderers, rapists, druggies and muggers driving taxis?

The truth is, you're a dickhead trying to justify your stupidity. You would hang yourself out to dry, and everyone else, for that matter, in some vain attempt to impress those you empower through your ignorance.

What a clown...