Taxi Driver Online

One of these cases that you think you've read before, but no sign of it via a search...

But have certainly read of drivers getting away with more than this...


Rushmoor taxi driver banned after he allegedly tried to kiss a female passenger in Farnborough

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/ham ... er-5888651

A court recently backed the council's decision to remove the taxi license

A taxi driver had his licence revoked after he allegedly tried to kiss a female passenger without her permission in Farnborough.

Rushmoor Borough Council revoked the licence in June 2020 following allegations made to the taxi operator.

The driver, Qaisar Abbas of Abbotsbury in Bracknell, Berkshire, appealed the decision to revoke his licence at Aldershot Magistrates' Court last month on August 13.

The court heard that Mr Abbas's licence was revoked following allegations that claimed he inappropriately touched a female passenger.

Her friends had complained to the taxi operator who then alerted the council.

It was alleged that he had hugged and then tried to kiss the woman without her permission.

The complaint also claimed that Mr Abbas had not followed social distancing rules, breaking Covid-19 guidelines at the time.

RBC then undertook an investigation, which lead to the licence being revoked on the grounds of public safety.

At the hearing, magistrates upheld the council's decision to revoke the taxi licence.

Mr Abbas was then ordered to pay a contribution towards the council's legal costs of £1500.

Rushmoor Borough Council's Cabinet Member for Operational Services, Councillor Maurice Sheehan, said: "Customer safety will always be our number one priority, and we don't tolerate this sort of behaviour by any of our taxi drivers. We are pleased the court backed our decision."

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IDFIMH

Ah - I usually search for these things by name, unless it's a very common name.

But the previous report doesn't name him, thus the reason it didn't show up on the search.

If his name had been more common I'd have searched for Farnborough, which obviously won't occur much on here either, and would have found the previous article

now our council will ONLY consider a complaint made directly to them interesting

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

But your council is a basket case, so who's surprised at that?

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