"Knight Of The Road" <russiatrucking (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

You are a king amonst men.

Knight Of The Road wrote:

The lower limit was 50.

Certainly not impossible on a busy Saturday night.

"JNugent" <not.telling (AT) isp (DOT) com> wrote

So why mention 100? That's like sayning that my lorry travels at 56- 112mph.


Where the majority of fares will be picked up from pubs, clubs etc and not
from home addresses.

And even if they were, it is the height of antisocial behaviour to summons a
passenger using a car horn at a time when anyone- and yes, that does include
the chillldruunnn- might be trying to sleep.

Any cab driver caught doing this, should firstly be cautioned, and should
then subsequently have his badge revoked.


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"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOO!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote



Well, horns *should* never be used by a driver to indicate to a householder
that his taxi has arrived. Dar or night.

I never used to do it when I was cab driving, but some did. It's like any
other group of drivers- truck, bus, caravanner, biker- some do the job
properly and with consideration for others and some don't.


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Knight Of The Road wrote:

I didn't; you and the PP did.

I was supporting the 50 figure (you and he quoted "50 - 100").

In that case, it's a funny thing for you to have said.

That would be later on. The people have to get there first. Larger-city
taxi fleets respond to many street-corner hails earlier on a busy night.
And even later on, drivers prefer the quick hit of a hail to a booked job
which can often be accessed only by driving past "hails".

This is in reference to bigger cities though - not to small towns or
seaside resorts, where I have no doubt that the trade is very different.

Of course it is. I wasn't disputing that.

I don't think it's endorsable, so the ordinary licence is safe. I also
don't think it's an offence under the Town & Police (Clauses) Act 1947 or
the London Cab Acts. Therefore neither the PCO (in London) nor the
licensing authorities (in the provinces) have jurisdiction over the
offence, meaning that the hackney carriage driver's licence is safe.

It's simply a matter for the police and the mags. But all that can happen
(as the law stands) is a fine.

Of course, there are plenty of us who suffer the same problem at the hands
of "ordinary" car drivers, repeatedly calling at the same premises.

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<Knight Of The Road>
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At night (after midnight) you dont usually need to use the horn as the
householder can hear the engine and/or the brakes of the taxi .

After midnight also has the advantage (for the taxi driver) that most
lights in a row of houses will be out and quite often the only light on
will be the household that is waiting for the taxi and you can drive at
high speed right upto the door .


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Krustov (me (AT) privacy (DOT) net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

And there's a whole different kettle of worms...

Poor maintenance standards for taxis. Discuss.

Tell me about it. Bleeding pikey twats near me, their mates come round, day
or night, never get out of the car, stop outside and sound the horn till
they come out. If sounding the horn doesn't work , they just bellow at full
volume, which is their normal mode of conversation anyway.

Steve

In article <KOydnSYDfeUKcl3ZRVny3g (AT) bt (DOT) com>, Knight Of The Road says...
You're an optimist.


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R D S wrote:
The subject line really reminded me of that Bill Hicks piece where he
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