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Author:  captain cab [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:06 am ]
Post subject:  Cab passengers 'refused' short city rides home at night

Cab passengers 'refused' short city rides home at night



Cab passengers in Birmingham are being urged to report Hackney carriage drivers who refuse to take their fare at night.

The city council call follows claims that some drivers are refusing to pick up passengers that only want to travel a short distance.

One passenger claims she was left feeling " vulnerable and angry" after a cabbie refused to take her on the short journey from Birmingham's Broad Street to her Five Ways home.

Mohammed Taj, of Birmingham Black Cab Drivers' Association, said he believes "out of town" drivers are responsible.

story with video; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi ... m-25491549

Author:  grandad [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cab passengers 'refused' short city rides home at night

Isn't five ways at the top of broad street? Lazy cow.

Author:  Sussex [ Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:16 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
Mohammed Taj, of Birmingham Black Cab Drivers' Association, said he believes "out of town" drivers are responsible.

So 'out of town' cars are being blamed for not taking street work short distances? Image

Author:  captain cab [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 8:29 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
So 'out of town' cars are being blamed for not taking street work short distances? Image


yeah - I thought that :lol:

Author:  toots [ Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:03 am ]
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grandad wrote:
Isn't five ways at the top of broad street? Lazy cow.


Perhaps she can't walk that far

Author:  Southport PH [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cab passengers 'refused' short city rides home at night

What would you lot call too short?

Would you refuse to take someone who only wanted to travel under 500 yards?

Author:  toots [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:35 am ]
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Southport PH wrote:
What would you lot call too short?

Would you refuse to take someone who only wanted to travel under 500 yards?


I have literally picked somebody up at the pub and driven across the road because they are too slow and frail on their feet

Author:  pinballdave [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:04 pm ]
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I've picked up a couple of drunk non-locals late on a Saturday night and taken them to a hotel I could see in my rear-view mirror. (West St rank to Hotel Umi, Brighton).

I tried telling them and pointing to where it was, but they thought I was trying to refuse the fare and spent a godd few minutes ignoring my directions and eventually insisted I take them, even going as far offering me a tenner for the journey.

So, meter on, turn round, 50 yards, turn corner, meter off, "that'll be four pounds twenty please", with an immediate response from the back of "you should have told us it was this close". Still got the promised tenner without any argument. :D

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