Taxi Driver Online

Decide for yourself whether or not the evidence here merited revocation. I mean, a video taken by a 'vulnerable child' with 'special educational needs'?

Presumably the video included footage of the speedometer.

I wonder what police will do?

Anyway, a timely reminder that Fife Council recently granted a badge to a driver who had been actually been caught by police doing 95mph... (or via speed camera, or whatever...)


Leicestershire taxi driver who drove 82mph with vulnerable child has licence revoked

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news ... e-10899821

Councillors reviewed the evidence last week during a meeting

A taxi driver has had their licence revoked after being caught speeding at more than 80mph with a vulnerable child in the vehicle.

The incident was captured on camera by the passenger and only came to light when officials at Leicestershire County Council (LCC) alerted their counterparts at North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) to it after providing home-to-school transport for a young person with special educational needs.

According to a statement given to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the taxi driver, who has not been identified by council documents, was caught speeding at 82mph on February 11 in Whitwick Road, Copt Oak, near Markfield, while the driver was taking the vulnerable child home.

The single-carriageway road operates on a national speed limit – meaning a maximum of 60mph for drivers.

The footage led county council bosses to cancel the school transport contract with the driver, who was also working for a private company, as well as being reported to the police.

After NWLDC was alerted to the revelations by the county council, officials on the district council met on Wednesday, March 25, to decide on whether to revoke the driver's licence or not.

Council officers compiled a report featuring the recorded footage, a statement from the passenger's mother and driver interview notes.

Councillors reviewed the evidence and, citing public safety concerns, decided to revoke the driver's private hire licence.

They also issued a public safety warning to prevent the driver from operating during the appeal period if he chooses to challenge the decision.

A Leicestershire County Council spokesperson also confirmed that the driver was reported to the police.

The spokesperson added: "Alternative arrangements were put in place for the child's transport whilst we investigated the issue.

"This driver is no longer operating on any of our routes and we are extremely disappointed by their actions. We take any incident like this seriously, with the safety of children our priority."

Leicestershire Police has been contacted for comment.

What does that mean, precisely?

I think these are the minutes here. With zero detail about what happened, effectively.

But if the press and public are excluded, and this is all there is in the public domain, where does the information for the article above come from?

https://minutes-1.nwleics.gov.uk/docume ... ee.pdf?T=1

The first rule of our trade is don't speed with passengers on board.

Caught red footed so revokation is really the obvious descision

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A few years ago I lent one of our vehicles to a driver whose car was off the road. We had a tracker in the car and it flagged up that he went from town to a village about 4 miles away and back again so he would have had a passenger on board for at least one of the journeys. The tracker clocked him at 100 mph going both ways and he wondered why I told him to bring the car straight back.

Not sure there is sufficient evidence to meet the beyond a reasonable doubt. As long as the driver says nothing.

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If they didn't, then he could still work pending any appeal. However, he could appeal that decision if he so wished.

Clearly, the driver was a knob, but I'm not sure it met the 'revoked' criteria. As I said a little while ago, I'm getting a lot softer the older I get.

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