Nothing particularly out of the ordinary here, in the grand scheme of things at least. But a reasonable explanation for the general public of how all this generally works in terms of processes and procedures...
Taxi drivers lose licences for drugs and smashing into carshttps://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2 ... hing-cars/A number of taxi drivers in Cornwall have had their licences to operate revoked or refused for various reasons, including being arrested for driving after taking cocaine and then smashing into cars, while one driver gained nine speeding points in just one month.Every month Cornwall Council holds miscellaneous licensing committee meetings and urgent driver / operator / vehicle sub-committees to hear pleas for new or renewed taxi driving licences – a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence. Often the meetings are held in emergency circumstances if there have been any offences committed.
The meetings are held in private and, as a result, the press and public are not allowed to attend. The names of the drivers and the specific areas where they operate are not revealed.
The minutes of an urgent driver sub-committee on Thursday, November 13 reveal that the Hackney Carriage licence was revoked for a driver named only as WD213 “in order to promote public safety due to the conduct of the driver”.
WD213, who was at the meeting, had been arrested for driving while unfit through drink / drugs and also arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The committee heard evidence from the police that WD213 had been driving his taxi at the time of the incident and that he had admitted to taking cocaine.
Councillors heard that WD213 was found in possession of drugs in his vehicle. He had been arrested by the police while driving after being involved in an accident where he had driven into stopped vehicles. Members noted WD213’s submissions that he had not yet been charged with an offence as he was awaiting blood test results.
The driver had denied taking cocaine and stated that he had found the drug in his vehicle. He said he had been confused at the time of the incident and did not recall stating to the police what they had alleged.
At the same meeting, the committee revoked the taxi licence of driver WV168 in order to promote public safety for almost exactly the same reasons as the previous driver.
WV168 – who was not at the meeting – had been arrested for driving while unfit through drink / drugs and also arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Police stated that WV168 had been driving his taxi at the time of the incident and that he had admitted to taking cocaine and was found in possession of drugs in his vehicle.
WV168 had been arrested by the police while driving after he had driven into stopped vehicles. Members noted WV168’s submissions that he had not yet been charged with an offence as he was awaiting blood test results.
An application for a Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Vehicle Driver’s Licence was refused at a meeting of the miscellaneous licensing committee on Friday, November 7 after members decided applicant E1D216 was not a fit and proper person to hold such a licence. It came after HR Safeguarding stated they did not consider E1D216 to be a suitable taxi driver.
Councillors considered whether, based on all the information before them, “they would allow a person for whom they care, regardless of their condition, to travel alone in a vehicle driven by E1D216 at any time of the day or night”. They concluded that they would not.
Also at the November 7 meeting, the renewal of a licence for driver E1D217 was refused after members heard he had received nine points for speeding within a one-month period. The driver, who had held a licence with the council since 2011, had undertaken a speed awareness course prior to receiving the points.
The committee felt that, on balance, as the nine points related to three separate occasions and as the endorsements were all for speeding, it showed a pattern of behaviour and members were concerned by this. They heard that E1D217 had failed to notify the council of any of the endorsements despite it being a condition of his licence that he do so.
E1D217 accepted he was in the wrong and that he was sorry for not notifying licensing of the endorsements.
At an urgent driver sub-committee meeting on Friday, October 31, the committee revoked the licence of driver WD212 with “immediate effect” after he failed a roadside test and tested positive for cannabis and cocaine.
Members noted WD212’s submissions that he had not yet been charged with an offence as he was awaiting blood test results. However, they felt that the failure of the roadside drug test was serious and impacted on public safety.
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