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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you PEOPLE who take a cab before running off without paying could find themselves banned from every firm in the town under a new scheme. Swindon Hackney carriages and minicab companies V Cars, United, SN1 and Cross Street Radio Cars have joined forces with the police and Swindon Council to launch the scheme, similar to PubWatch. The initiative will see them share details about people who have made off without payment or been violent towards drivers. Anyone banned from using one taxi will be banned from all other companies in the scheme. The practice, called bilking, is a criminal offence and has been on the rise over recent years, with one company director claiming there are as many as 10 occasions a week. Masoud Baiky, director of United, said: “People are getting in the car and don’t have any intention of paying – it can even be a group of two or three and then once they get to the destination the last one just does a runner. “It happens quite regularly – perhaps about five to 10 times a week. It’s mainly on weekends but it does happen in the evening too.” Dan Cooper, secretary of the Swindon Taxi Association, said: “If you don’t pay you will be banned from taxis as well as private hire and the police will pursue it. It’s been an ongoing problem for many years and it will have happened to every single driver at some point. “Now the police are trying to make people aware it is a criminal offence to run off and not pay or not pay a soilage charge if someone is sick in the cab.” The chair of Swindon Council’s Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Committee, Coun Andrew Bennett, said: “Once fully in place, this will allow us to share information to ensure that these criminal antics will not work, and those responsible will find they are unable to access any taxi service across the borough in future.” PC Michael Diffin MBE, night time economy manager for the Swindon Town Centre NPT, said: “Police working with taxi companies within the Night Time Economy plan to look at taxi ranks and ways to improve the safety of both drivers and passengers to help ensure that people visiting the area have a positive and safe experience. “It is important for passengers to feel safe and secure when they use taxis in the town, but equally, the drivers of these taxis also have a right to be safe when out working. Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon Angus Macpherson is also supporting the initiative. He said: “If successful, I will be looking into whether it could be rolled out to other areas of the county in the future.” source: posting.php?mode=post&f=2 |
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| Author: | Foxtrot26 [ Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
cracking idea, save us all from dealing with the scum out there |
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
Foxtrot26 wrote: cracking idea, save us all from dealing with the scum out there How can anyone tell Last weeks runner from this weeks good guy, In a Sizable town and In the dark and having never seen somebody elses Runner before you simply wouldn't know them from Adam. Unless you had the Runners Mugshot on every Lamp post or at Every rank you would have no Idea who is who...especially if they are sitting behind you. 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
bloodnock wrote: How can anyone tell Last weeks runner from this weeks good guy, You can't, that's why they are being blanked. Fail to pay, no cabs. Very simple and very effective. |
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| Author: | cabby john [ Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
Swap clothes & dye hair..............it is not going to work. Buses, Planes & Trains DO NOT trust people to pay at the other end..............why are we so different. Purchase a cheap sat nav - that will give you the distance. Use the mileage given, times the tariff per mile,plus say a £1 to cover traffic lights etc - take that up front, and adjust the other end. Time to make a stand. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
ermmm.............. shouldn't this story be posted on April the 1st there's no such thing as a police force that admits to knowing this is a criminal offence !!! |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Take a cab and don’t pay? We’ll catch you |
cabby john wrote: Swap clothes & dye hair..............it is not going to work. Blank the phone number and the address, then all others at that address suffer for the scum. That's the only peaceful way of dealing with these people. |
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