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Perhaps we could put maximum load signs on our windows like they do in elevators :wink:


That may be a good idea except you would need to carry a set of scales around to weigh people before they get in. After all is someone who weighs 30 stone going to tell the truth about their weight?


bit hard to hide though...


nah, ahm ooonly twanty-eight stoon like me

mah mates the fat one...

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I saw one cabby claim off an Indian takaway owner some years ago, she took him to the cash and carry and he bought up so many bags of rice and tins of cooking oil it did her suspension in.
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I saw one cabby claim off an Indian takaway owner some years ago, she took him to the cash and carry and he bought up so many bags of rice and tins of cooking oil it did her suspension in.


as each sack of rice has a weight printed on it he must have been unable to add up...

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What'd happen if they couldnt get a seat belt to fit them??

I think as an adult it's your decision to wear the seatbelt and therefore you who gets the fine. The driver isn't doing anything illegal.

In a cab with partition yes, in a PH car or saloon taxi the driver would also get fined.

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
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What'd happen if they couldnt get a seat belt to fit them??

I think as an adult it's your decision to wear the seatbelt and therefore you who gets the fine. The driver isn't doing anything illegal.

In a cab with partition yes, in a PH car or saloon taxi the driver would also get fined.


Are you sure the drive would get fined if it was an adult who chose not to wear their seatbelt?

If that IS the case then you just point-blank refuse the hire and tell them, in private, why.
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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
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What'd happen if they couldnt get a seat belt to fit them??

I think as an adult it's your decision to wear the seatbelt and therefore you who gets the fine. The driver isn't doing anything illegal.

In a cab with partition yes, in a PH car or saloon taxi the driver would also get fined.



aye..but only if theyre fat and under 14 years of age....
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bloodnock wrote:
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What'd happen if they couldnt get a seat belt to fit them??

I think as an adult it's your decision to wear the seatbelt and therefore you who gets the fine. The driver isn't doing anything illegal.

In a cab with partition yes, in a PH car or saloon taxi the driver would also get fined.



aye..but only if theyre fat and under 14 years of age....


That's what I thought. I'm sure the law was changed so that adults and not the driver are responsible for their own seatbelts.
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Don't you have different laws in Scotland?

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Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Don't you have different laws in Scotland?


Road traffic law isn't devolved.
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Don't you have different laws in Scotland?


Road traffic law isn't devolved.


Sadly the main thing thats devolved up here is a bunch of Idiots that Masquerade as SMP's in the scottish parliament... :cry:
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Some rather large woman got in my motor a few weeks ago, she sat in the back when all of a sudden there was this almighty BANG, I knew straight away a spring had gone. I pulled up and had a look under the rear off side and I was right she's busted a spring, 1 hour off the road and £40 lighter.


40 pounds doesn't seem that heavy :lol:
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Fae Fife wrote:
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Some rather large woman got in my motor a few weeks ago, she sat in the back when all of a sudden there was this almighty BANG, I knew straight away a spring had gone. I pulled up and had a look under the rear off side and I was right she's busted a spring, 1 hour off the road and £40 lighter.


40 pounds doesn't seem that heavy :lol:


I want to know if she was embarrassed or if she even knew. Maybe she just thought he had really rattly suspension.

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Don't you have different laws in Scotland?

Do they have seatbelts? :?

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Don't you have different laws in Scotland?

Do they have seatbelts? :?


Yes...but we have the Crotchless Jock strap Lap belt....Its designed for the Kilt wearer that choses to travel unsupported .. :roll:
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bloodnock wrote:
Fae Fife wrote:
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Don't you have different laws in Scotland?


Road traffic law isn't devolved.


Sadly the main thing thats devolved up here is a bunch of Idiots that Masquerade as SMP's in the scottish parliament ... :cry:


do they have 2nd McHomes they can McFlip?

Ive often wondered if McDonalds staff in Scotland wear the right tartan....

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