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Mum calls out taxi driver after abandoning daughter miles from home at 3.30am

The girl had been returning from a night out in Cheltenham when she realised she did not have enough for the full journey back to her house in Bishop's Cleeve.

A mother has slammed the actions of a taxi driver who abandoned her 18-year-old daughter on the side of the road in the early hours of the morning, miles from home.

The girl had been returning from a night out in Cheltenham when she realised she did not have enough for the full journey back to her house in Bishop's Cleeve.

But instead of collecting the money from her parents, or asking for collateral and to be paid the next day, the driver ordered her out into the freezing conditions at 3.30am on Sunday.

She was dumped on the roadside on her own by GE Aviation, meaning a 25-minute walk to her home through the streets in the cold January night when it was just three degrees. The girl gave the driver £12, which was all she had on her.

Fortunately she made it back safely but her mother Chris, who waited up for her, said she was furious – especially after finding out the driver continued on to Bishop's Cleeve after abandoning her child.

"I told her off, asked her why on earth she did that," she said.

"She told me she had not wanted to worry me as I am quite ill at the moment. I would have waited till I got home and said I needed money from inside but she is very honest and told him upfront.

"But it was crap what he did. It's just not good enough in this day and age to leave an 18-year-old girl on the side of the street in the middle of the night."

"There were much better ways of dealing with it. Obviously he had better things to do."

The teenager, who wants to remain anonymous, did not name the taxi company involved but Chris raised it with Cheltenham Guardians, a volunteer patrol charity looking to help people in trouble when on nights out.

She added: "If I could talk to this driver face to face I would just say I know it's your living but you could have asked for something to take and we would pay you tomorrow.

"All he had to do was make sure she got in and he would have been paid.

"Anything could have happened."

Cheltenham Guardian spokesman Terry Howard said it was a very worrying incident.

"We are not currently aware of all of the facts but if this is proven to be correct it is of great concern," he said.

"We have forwarded the concerned parent the contact details of the relevant officer at Cheltenham Borough Council.

"We strongly encourage taxi drivers to seek recompense for shortage of fare after the potentially vulnerable passenger returned safely home and not to abandon them at the roadside.

"Between 11pm and 7am we encourage all taxi drivers to call Cheltenham Guardians on 07473 231741 if there is such an issue, we may be in a position to help."

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Personally I would have taken her to her destination but it does annoy me when a situation like this occurs and all blame it put on the driver. The customer doesn't seem to want to take responsibility for putting the taxi fare to one side at the start of the evening. For every one customer who has been trusted to pay the next day I would bet there would be at least another one who doesn't pay.

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Grandad,

She didn't have enough money to get home but she pissed most of it down the trapper?

More like for everyone that does pay there's more like nine that don't and a lot of the time you have to chase the payment.

More like for everyone that does pay there's more like nine that don't and a lot of the time you have to chase the payment.[/quote]

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

isn't it illegal to get in to a taxi without the means to pay? would the driver be compensated the following day for trailing back to collect his fare, i e: stick the meter on at his house & add it to the bill? if she got on a bus & the fare was £2.50 but she only had £1.50, what would have happened ? same old chit, pi$$es it up all night but wont save the taxi fare, fook her , she would have been out of mine also

Around here you used to be issued with an unpaid fare ticket. You then had 7 days to get the money to the bus depot.

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Grandad,

Yes, unless you come to an arrangement with the driver in respect of ensuring full payment.

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IDFIMH

I wonder if it was this girl....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... chase.html

And yet the driver still gets the blame

And if they offer to pay at a later date or make part payment it becomes a civil matter. Unlike evading the fare entirely or doing a runner which is a criminal offence.

its not

Of course it is, I think it was Mr T that posted up the relevant act that it comes under. Anyway, when my lad had a runner we took the relevant act with us to the police station and they then went and got the chap relieved him of the fare and sent him on his way with a caution.

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Grandad,

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IDFIMH

At less than 18 years of age British men and women were fighting or nursing and dying during two world wars, many did so voluntarily, now this Snowflake can't even keep enough cash by to get themselves home and then scream like stuck pigs when they don't get things their own way..we have gone from a selfless caring nation to a selfish uncaring nation within 50 years...

Welcome to Modern Britain...land of the whiner.