Taxi Driver Online

The latest topic of conversation between drivers here is that a chap has been granted a taxi drivers badge even though he has a recent conviction for threatening someone with a kitchen knife. By recent I mean within the last 3 years. It seems strange that some people can't get a badge because they defrauded the Council out of benefits but someone who threatened a member of the public with a large knife is granted one.

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Grandad,

Story in the Sunday Post of similar nature but is about Charity Trustees,appointed persons had convictions of all natures,fiddled £1000s for their own benefit,the only thing stopping anyone being appointed as a Charity Trustee is a conviction for fraud or dishonesty.

It beggars belief the positions some serious criminals can obtain legally.

If you look at various things outside of the box you will see that any crime related to the "Crown" is treated totally different to any similar public crime! Hence why we have people questioning "Do we have a two tier law system"......the answer being YES we do - The great Train robbers being a classic

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

i know what you are saying , but have you nothing better to do? i know fook all about the lads history where i work & couldn't give a flying fook tbh & quite frankly , you should concentrate on you're own job ffs instead of "meddling" in other peoples business? who cares ?

It would be interesting if someone dropped an anon message to the local press.

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IDFIMH

I find it very strange down here that one of the most heinous non violent offences stopping people getting a license is...

Using a radio scanner?

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IDFIMH

Maybe the next person threatened by a bladed instrument.

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IDFIMH

depends what they were using it for if they were listening in to the police to avoid getting caught doing something they shouldn't it is quite serious

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I remember a story (don't know if it was here or in the USA) about the police announcing over the police frequency that strange lights had been seen in the sky and a UFO had landed in a nearby park, then they sat there and waited for all those using illegal scanners to turn up and promptly arrested them !

what salad dressing do you use mate ??