Taxi drivers

[public school boy]

Remember what your local Cabbie has to put up with..
1. Abusive drunken louts.
2. People throwing up in their Cabs.
3. People trying to run off without paying the fare.
4. Being attacked.
5. Having their hard earned cash stolen.
6. Rude and abusive customers.
7. Working long hours.
8. Having to work in all weathers.
9. Being blamed for traffic jams
10. Having to put up with other road users.
8.

 

[magoo]

Remember what your local Cabbie has to put up with..
1. Abusive drunken louts.
2. People throwing up in their Cabs.
3. People trying to run off without paying the fare.
4. Being attacked.
5. Having their hard earned cash stolen.
6. Rude and abusive customers.
7. Working long hours.
8. Having to work in all weathers.
9. Being blamed for traffic jams
10. Having to put up with other road users.
8.

So? They're not to be pitied like the emergency services are they.

 

[NMH]

One of my best mates is a cabbie. Top top lad, as are some of his workmates.
Yes, there are tossers, complete ones in their business, but I've met many good cabbies as a client and out on the town.
The public don't like when they stop in the road to let people out, or are looking uncertain about which road they want, but it's a necessity in their work.

Personally, I don''t know why they do it - the money's not there, especially for the conditions and stress they work under. Rubbish job, and many punters are just awful pricks or ready to vomit in their car after a night out.
My sympathies lie with many of these people.

 

[bhaexpress]

As far as taxi drivers go I doubt that there are any more cowboys per person than in any other job. Can't see any reason to slag the majority of them off as they provide a much needed service (which some people seem to forget) and bear in mind that they are out there working when they could easily be on benefits. Factor in that they do a job where they can get a lot of abuse, be ripped off and in fact risk injury which is something not everybody has to contend with.

 

[Return of the Rev]

also when your cab turns up late don't blame the driver!! he's the one that drove a couple miles to pick you up when the other hundred drivers blank your job!

 

[StanmoreSeagull]

Highway Code Rule 113

You MUST

* ensure all sidelights and rear registration plate lights are lit between sunset and sunrise
* use headlights at night, EXCEPT on a road which has lit street lighting. These roads are generally restricted to a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) unless otherwise specified
* use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226)

Night (the hours of darkness) is defined as the period between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise).

[Laws RVLR regs 3, 24, & 25, (In Scotland - RTRA 1984 sect 82 (as amended by NRSWA, para 59 of sched 8))]


Not a taxi driver - just a pedant

I must admit I didn't know this was in the highway code. What a ridiculously stupid rule! Surely it's about being seen, so therefore dangerous just to drive about a night with your side lights on. Really don't see the reason or the logic there......

 

[Durlston]

I don't get taxis anymore. Not since I had to walk home on a Sunday morning at 7am, absolutely shattered from being in a club in London til 5am and wanting my warm, cosy bed more than anything else in the world.

Overpriced and you get one or two that can be really grumpy. There are worse jobs out there.

 

[fataddick]

A really good insight into the life of a local cabbie is the novel 'Thirteen' by Sebastian Beaumont. He worked as a night shift taxi driver in Brighton and the majority of passengers the book's Brighton cabbie protagonist picks up are based on real passsengers he had...

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I must admit I didn't know this was in the highway code. What a ridiculously stupid rule! Surely it's about being seen, so therefore dangerous just to drive about a night with your side lights on. Really don't see the reason or the logic there......

This was the point I was trying to make. If I was a night driver driving around an urban environment for twelve hours in the dark, I would make bloody sure I could be seen, and have my dips on, regardless of the rules. The car is a cabbie's livelihood, so it surprises me they take the risk of smashing it up with sides on only. It can't be the cost of bulbs, as they're about a fiver a pair on the internet. Perhaps it's nothing more than the old, 'I'm entitled to drive round with just sides on...' mentality...

Perhaps a cabbie could enlighten me

 

[salty seagull]

All cabbies drive around at night with only their sidelights on don`t they you complete and utter prick!! Although I must admit,I am a cabby and I am most definately,like you, a c unt.