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Sussex, there is no saving people like you from yourself that's for sure. Deary me...

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And how does this relate to your ability to drive a taxi and whether or not you are a fit and proper person to hold a licence?

Now consider the 120 serving police officers and how fit they are???

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott ... ce-2990278

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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Oh and Sussex that was a ridiculous comparison to justify paying £3 a pick up. How many £100 jobs do you get in a week and what will you be expected to pay come this time next year, a fiver a job maybe. When is enough, enough???

Oh and did it ever occur to you, as the service provider, it is you who should be charging the airport for providing a service?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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Reported One of the officer's who attended my home (due to his gung-ho attitude and ego) A few weeks later I was followed by him with another officer and, stopped and breathalysed, before giving a sample, I asked their reason for requesting a sample, he said because of your attitude ! Your attitude tonight is the same as it was when we attended your house !
Bingo...



Power to administer preliminary tests
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still has alcohol or a drug in his body or is still under the influence of a drug.
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is or has been driving, attempting to drive or in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place, and
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a constable reasonably believes that the person was driving, attempting to drive or in charge of the vehicle at the time of the accident.
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A person commits an offence if without reasonable excuse he fails to co-operate with a preliminary test in pursuance of a requirement imposed under this section.
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Had their Inspector on phone more times than PPI companies ! He admits what they done was illegal and, Gung Ho has been transferred. Enquiry ongoing.

When someone comes up with a job whereby I work 3/4 nights a week , start when I want, finish when I want and pays me a good salary, then I'll be interested. Until then I don't mind paying baa a couple of quid for jobs which in the main go up town at £65, if not beyond that or out to the counties. Nope, happy with my choice.

So, it's an abuse of police powers as they had no reason to suspect that you had committed or witnessed a criminal offence. Instead, the breathalysed you because they didn't like your attitude a few weeks in the earlier in the confines of your own home.

They've acted illegally.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Hardly, a fair comparison, as you well know GBC, London is a completely different ball game to the rest of the country.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Have met with their Inspector a few times regarding the matter. He practically begged me to allow him to deal with the matter internally and, even phoned Cab Inspector to tell him to back off but....

Ram it to them, a written complaint straight to the Chief Constable. Oh and give them a detailed and signed version of your complaint. Don't let them come to your house to give you the soft soap and do not sign off on any watered-down version of events taking down in their note books. It's all a ploy to strangle any complaint against their officers at birth.

Oh and make sure that they know that without a reasonable suspicion of a crime being committed, it's an illegal search. They are abusing their police powers in order to harass and victimise you while going about your lawful business.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Not really.

As a PH I already pay about 75p-£1 a job anyway.

However if I was running the show up your way I would insist it went on the tariff, in the same way it does at Heathrow.

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Pro rata, you are working longer hours, to pay out more money just to stand still. Now in very real terms, your cost of living is going through the roof, unless of course, you are finding ways in which to cut back. In short, the money in your pocket buys less than it did before. Nevertheless, your solution, seems to be to pay out even more money for what can best be described, as a short-term fix.

You do see a vicious circle developing here, Sussex?

In the long term, you run out of hours and the ability to pay the increase in costs, and you end up taking a further cut in your income and standard of living.

Oh and the easy solution would be to levy any charges to the customer, but that's not how it works up here and the customer in a lot of cases, is in the same boat. So you end up losing work by forcing the punter to cut back on your services.

In the main, your willingness to bend over and take it up the arse, is running yourself and your trade, into the ground.

A self fulfilling prophecy one might say.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I would agree with that, but we are where we are.

I love my job, I love most of my punters (having served many of them for 25 years), and if it's a bit iffy now, then so be it.

In those 25 years I have seen trade go up many times and seen it go down many times.

When I started soon after Black Wednesday it was super grim, far worse than than now IMO.

In short it's not great, but down here if you put in the hours you will get the rewards.

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AGREED

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Apart for the inevitability of your situation there is a mindset in which you expect others to dictate your level of value and self-worth, from your council or taxi committees to Ph company owners and private businesses that hire your services. You seem to have no expectations or aspirations, to better your lot through your chosen profession. It doesn't even compute.

You simply accept what scraps are thrown your way and do what you are told with little protest.

It's a sort of workhouse mentality. You doff your cap while saying, "thanking you kindly sir" in learned deference.

Honestly Sussex, the whole thing bemuses me, I don't know how anyone finds this acceptable.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Deference: A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"