Definitions of "fit and proper" vary....
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overturned |
"Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overturned on appeal A TAXI driver can remain in business on the road after overturning a licence revocation. But a judge warned Branislav Kobylan over his future behaviour if he wants to retain his licence, following several brushes with authority in recent years Durham Crown Court heard he was considered, “an irritant, a pest and a nuisance”, by some traffic control and police officers, plus other cabbies. The court heard he could be argumentative and abusive in clashes with other drivers and enforcement officers, often for obstructing the highway. Kobylan was previously cautioned, having been found with a CS gas canister and three samurai swords in his vehicle, which he said was, “for protection”. Other incidents followed leading to his licence being revoked by Durham County Council in March, a decision upheld at a subsequent hearing before North Durham magistrates, in Peterlee, in July. But as Kobylan, of Christchurch Place, Peterlee, lodged an appeal against that decision, the revocation was suspended pending the outcome of today’s (Thursday November 13) appeal hearing. David Comb, responding to the appeal on behalf of the county council, said two incidents in four days last December “triggered” the revocation. In one he offered a traffic enforcement officer a £5 bribe and some sweets after being asked to leave a loading bay. He later claimed it was “a joke”. Four days later he clashed with police, including an inspector, when asked to move on, twice in 75 minutes in the early hours in a congested Claypath. Mr Comb said Kobylan initially refused, becoming, “angry, argumentative and confrontational, in unpleasant exchanges”. Jamie Adams, for the appellant, said: “There are a limited amount of taxi ranks in Durham, fought over by too large a number of drivers.” Mr Adams said the 35-year-old Slovak national had suffered racist abuse from other drivers, telling him to go back to his homeland, in previous clashes. “Clearly there has been some antipathy with other taxi drivers. “But he now accepts he should address complaints through the correct channels. “He tells me he does respect the police and council, but he accepts, in the past, becoming frustrated and argumentative when he should have just moved on.” Mr Adams added that none of the complaints were from fare-paying customers over the standard of his driving. Upholding the appeal, Judge Robert Adams, sitting with two magistrates, said the council licensing committee was right to revoke the licence. “Let me make it absolutely clear your appeal has succeeded based entirely on what we have heard today. “You must recognise how wholly inappropriate your behaviour was, in 2013. “Make sure it’s not repeated.” A costs order was made for Kobylan, but only covering the appeal, and not for previous hearings. source: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11601574._/ |
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| Author: | Foxtrot26 [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
Let me get this straight a driver found to be carrying 3 samurai swords "for protection" is deemed fit and proper? |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
Definitions of "fit and proper" vary....
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| Author: | blackpool [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
Id be more worried about the offer of "sweets" as a bribe. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
Quote: Kobylan was previously cautioned, having been found with a CS gas canister and three samurai swords in his vehicle, which he said was, “for protection” how on earth can the court deem this chap fit and proper? |
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| Author: | Nidge2 [ Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
captain cab wrote: Quote: Kobylan was previously cautioned, having been found with a CS gas canister and three samurai swords in his vehicle, which he said was, “for protection” how on earth can the court deem this chap fit and proper? We had one lad round here lose his badge a few years ago because he'd left a knife in his Taxi after he'd been shooting, he was a firearms holder licensed and registered with the Police, the council did a spot check on a Friday night, the same afternoon he'd been shooting near Edwinstowe and forgot to take his knife and some other small shooting items out of the glove box like a hat and glasses, the Council took his badge off him there and then despite the police checking up on his firearms certificate and telling the Council that he was a professional shooter. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
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| Author: | minicabs [ Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: "Argumentative" taxi driver's licence revocation overtur |
WOW we have a driver round here who kept his badge despite constant threats and harassment to several women he met while doing the job, madness! |
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