Littering private hire driver who was confronted in viral video handed fine Eagle-eyed Bobby Michael confronted the driver after he threw a juice bottle out of his vehicle’s door on a Levenshulme street
A littering minicab driver who got a taste of his own medicine from an angry Levenshulme resident has now been handed a fine for the offence.
Eagle-eyed Bobby Michael confronted the driver after he threw a juice bottle out of his vehicle’s door.
In a brilliantly Mancunian manner, disgruntled resident Bobby, 46, hands the bottle back to the stunned driver, saying: “Excuse me brother, we live here mate. It would be nice if you wouldn’t do that, our kid.”
After the incident, which happened just by Bobby’s house on Mayford Drive, he posted the footage on Facebook, saying: “Saw this taxi driver throw his juice bottle out of the car. Not a care in the world. Drives me nuts.”
And now the careless cabbie has received an £80 fixed penalty notice, after the council’s enforcement officers acted on the footage and tracked him down, when he admitted the offence.
They acted after the video of the incident was widely shared on social media and featured on the M.E.N. website.
Councillor Nigel Murphy, Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “We are very pleased to have been able to take up the evidence Bobby provided and issue a fine to the culprit in this case.
“We know that the vast majority of Manchester residents agree with us that littering and fly-tipping are totally unacceptable. By working together with residents, we can make sure that the selfish minority don’t get away with blighting our neighbourhoods.
“When residents report incidents of littering and fly-tipping to us, we will investigate and do everything in our power to ensure that those responsible are punished.”
After being contacted about the footage at the time Amber Qadeer, who runs Amber cars, said that it was an isolated incident and their employees were always told to respect the community they work in.
She said: “We would just like to say at Amber Cars we do not at all condone this behaviour. We would like to sincerely apologise to Bobby and the rest of the Levenshulme residence. We have discussed this with the driver, and the driver would also like to apologise to everyone.
“As residents and a company of Levenshulme, we are proud to be a part of the community. Amber Cars as a whole again apologises sincerely to all of Levenshulme. Moving forward we will make it clear to all of our drivers and staff that this behaviour is unacceptable.”
To report a fly-tipping or littering incident in your neighbourhood, visit
www.manchester.gov.uk/flytipping .
source:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... d-11584219
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