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And I mean literally 'kicked' off


Angry Derbyshire taxi passenger kicked a cab after a row over a fare

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/ ... 1-10013525

An angry taxi passenger who kicked out at a cabbie’s vehicle after a row over a fare has been ordered to pay compensation.

Chesterfield magistrates’ court heard on September 23 how Ian Anthony Watson, 33, of High Street, Clay Cross, had been a passenger in a taxi which broke down at a petrol forecourt but a row erupted when a new cab came to pick him up and he demanded his ride home should be free.

Prosecuting solicitor Becky Allsop said Watson’s taxi driver called in a breakdown from Stephenson Place, Chesterfield, and the defendant was told his fare from Chesterfield to the petrol station would be free and he would only need to pay a fare from the petrol station.

However, Mrs Allsop claimed Watson started shouting and swearing at the replacement taxi driver and he became aggressive and said he was not paying.

Watson and the taxi driver got out of the cab, according to Mrs Allsop, and Watson walked off before reappearing and kicking the front of the taxi damaging the front grill of the vehicle.

The defendant claimed he had been waiting 30 minutes for the second taxi and that the new driver had refused to offer him a free fare and had been goading him and had called him a name.

Watson, who has previous convictions, pleaded guilty to causing damage after the incident on September 9.

Defence solicitor Kirsty Sargent said Watson accepts kicking and causing damage and accepts becoming angry and frustrated and he mouthed-off to the second taxi driver.

But Ms Sargent added that Watson does not accept that he had been aggressive or abusive from the moment he got in the taxi and the situation only changed after he had asked if the rest of the fare would be free.

Ms Sargent said Watson accepts eventually becoming angry and agitated with the situation and that he went back to the taxi and kicked the car.

Magistrates fined Watson £80 and ordered him to pay a £32 victim surcharge, £85 costs and £177.77 compensation.

shouldn't have kicked off like that bit I would say not unreasonable to expect a free ride in compensation for the inconvenience

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Was thinking along those lines, but would depend on the precise circumstances.

For example, if I broke down half way through a two-mile trip and had to wait fifteen minutes for another car then I'd pay the driver the fare, thus the passenger would pay nothing.

If it was 50 mile trip and we broke down a couple of miles before the end, minimal delay in getting a replacement then I'd offer a discount

Unfortunately not enough info in the article to make that judgement call, but by the sounds of it I'd guess it wasn't a long trip, and if he did have to wait 30 mins and wasn't going too far, then a freebie might be reasonable.

Of course, by the sounds of it the passenger was fannying around at an all-night garage when the cabs were busy, so to that degree serves him right

I get the bit about the ride to the petrol station being on the house.

But it's not reasonable for another driver to have to fund the second part of the journey.

The only other option is for the first driver to fund the rest of the journey, and I'm not sure even that's reasonable.

No way that would happen down here.

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