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This is a tad confusing, but I'd guess it should never have even gone to committee, because it seems like he's currently under a drug driving ban

But presumably the procedural thing is what's being alluded to in the final paragraph...

(And obviously my thread title is being a bit sarcastic )


Glasgow driver caught with cannabis in car loses private hire bid

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glas ... r-29790648

The application was said to be 'not competent' after the driver was disqualified for one year. Police Scotland had argued he was 'not a fit and proper person' to hold a licence.

A drug driver has lost out in his bid to drive a private hire car after he was disqualified from getting behind the wheel.

Police Scotland objected to Yousaf Jan’s application for a private hire driver’s licence after he was caught with cannabis in his vehicle.

Glasgow’s licensing committee heard the applicant had been fined £400 and banned from driving for one year.

An officer said Mr Jan was stopped by police on Great Western Road in January this year and provided a sample of blood for analysis which showed 3.3mcg of cannabis, exceeding the limit of 2mcg.

He was also found to have a “ziplock bag” with 4g of cannabis in his car, councillors were told.

Due to the driving ban, Cllr Sean Ferguson, SNP, who was chairing the committee, said the application was “not valid”.

Police Scotland had argued Mr Jan was “not a fit and proper person to be a holder of a licence”. The officer said the applicant had been stopped due to “irregular licence plates”.

“While speaking to Mr Jan, officers noted a smell of cannabis,” he added, and a search found 4g of cannabis and a “reefer style cigarette”.

The officer said the applicant had pleaded guilty to the charges in June. Mr Jan had also been given three points for speeding in December last year, the committee heard.

A council official said the licensing committee “noted that the application is not competent” due to the driving ban, and Cllr Ferguson told Mr Jan that officials would be “in touch directly with yourself to discuss further”.

If you're allowed the 2mcg to allow for 'accidental exposure' then presumably he wouldn't have been off his face at 3.3mcg.

Although I'm sure at least someone one here will disagree with me

Struggle to argue with that.

One down, thousands to go.

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You don't have to be 'off your face' for drugs to affect your driving ability.

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Sussex, no, but on the other hand drugs of that quantity might not affect someone's driving ability at all...

And it's a pity the powers that be didn't pay more attention to drivers whose ability is more obviously affected by just driving like a daftie, basically...


Anyway, slight echoes of the above case here, although it's alcohol rather than drugs. But another hopeless case that maybe should never have reached committee?


Drink driver who was banned refused private hire licence in Glasgow

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/245 ... e-glasgow/

A drink driver who was banned after tests showed he was more than double the limit has been refused a private hire licence.

Teklay Yifter wanted to drive private hires in Glasgow but his bid was thrown out by the city’s licensing chiefs.

It followed an objection from Police Scotland, with the force arguing he was “not a fit and proper person to be holder of a licence”.

An officer told the licensing committee that the applicant had been stopped in Glasgow’s West End in February 2022 due “to the manner of his driving”.

He was breathalysed and the results showed he had 47mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, which exceeded the limit of 22mcg, the officer said.

Councillors were told Mr Yifter had been fined £166 and disqualified from driving for 12 months. His suspension was reduced to nine months after he participated in a drink driving rehabilitation scheme.

Cllr Sean Ferguson, SNP, who chaired the licensing committee, said the amount of alcohol in the driver’s system was a “great concern”.

A representative for Mr Yifter, who couldn’t attend the hearing due to “personal circumstances”, said the applicant hadn’t tried to hide his conviction.

He added he had waited one year before applying for a licence. Police Scotland confirmed the applicant now has his licence back and has no penalty points.

Pity it wasn't about speeding rather than alchohol or drugs - then I could have made a joke about Yifter the Shifter - remember him?

I suspect there are a number of papers, and boffins, who would take issue with your 'might'.

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Wouldn't doubt what you say for a minute, Sussex