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Override switch if you don't have one is the off button on the meter, afaik if you leave your area your light stays off, even with it off if you get hailed you should drive by, if you are a samaritan type you could pull over incase it's an emergency and I'm sure that would be taken into account, but for anything else you should simply say I'm sorry I'm not able to pick you up due to licensing, anyway how can it be entrapment if the LO is out there to catch rogue drivers, if you choose to break the rules and get caught then it's on you.

A mate of mine used to flag PH, get a lift home and then not pay, when they moaned he used to say, you know you shouldn't have stopped for me, and if you want to get paid get the police round and I'll pay you if the police deem it required, goodnight.

tracy must have lost her login.....lol

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Hi. My hubby stopped as they were L.O.s and he had his light on. Call him naive as he should have done a runner. He stopped to pay his dues and they denied being L.O.s. Surely when prompted they should have shown I.D. and not asked to be taken to a destination. This must be entrapment as he did not stop for a flagger but in his eyes L.O.s. Can you see my point now. Tracy
tracy

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But the point is that when he thought the flaggers weren't LOs then he took them.

I don't think the fact that they misrepresented who they are necessarily makes it entrapment, since test purchasing always relies on an element of misrepresentation. Other than that they just did what a member of the public would do and didn't encourage him to break the law.

No doubt a lawyer could make an argument that it was entrapment, but it all just sounds too much like looking for an excuse to get off.

I mean, if they were able to persuade them that they were not LOs then what made him think that they could be LOs in the first place?

As I said, if all a driver had to do to avoid being caught out in a test purchase was to ask if the flaggers were LOs then a driver could do it all the time with impunity.

I'm confused here. Firstly you say that he stopped because they were L.O.s. How did he know this?
You say he stopped to pay his dues. What dues was he stopping to pay?
I don't see your point at all. If he was out of area and he stopped and picked up a fare he is guilty. It is not entrapment because he had the oportunity to refuse the fare and CHOSE not to. It is called a test purchase and your husband failed that test and must now face the consequenses of his actions.

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Your hubby drives taxi, he knows the rules, he did exactly what hacks moan about PH doing (taking a flag down when illegal).................

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