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| Surrey Rover Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 360  |
What happens if you really need him to take you to hospital. You have to take a chance.
When you arrive at hospital the Doctor who see's you is on hour 18 of a double shift!. You get up and leave only to be collected by another taxi driver who hasn't done long hours but has a new baby son who's kept him up all night and he's only had 3 hours sleep. You could constantly stay indoors if you fretted about all the variables life can throw at you. Nick 2.2 110 Tipper |
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16th Jan 2012 8:28am |
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| pom Member Since: 01 Jun 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 1343 |
you do make an interesting point, a goods driver by law has to have a tacho for carrying carboard boxes but a driver having human cargo needs
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Seems a bit on its head really. Pom |
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16th Jan 2012 8:34am |
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| Surrey Rover Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 360 |
I bet half the people driving on any given Monday morning probably shouldn't be due to tiredness etc.
One life, get on with it. Nick 2.2 110 Tipper |
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16th Jan 2012 8:37am |
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| racer111 Member Since: 06 Jan 2012 Location: Hamburg Posts: 12 |
I agree, the same goes for bus drivers and train drivers, and even yourself or your mates. You never know when someone is too tired, but at least taxi drivers know the roads and have (obviously) had lots of driving experience.
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16th Jan 2012 9:28am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580 
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Do they? Have they? OK proper official 'Taxi' drivers might have full driving licences, full insurance, full CRB etc etc Private Hire car drivers? In this part of West Yorkshire I would doubt it. The number of times I see reports on private hire drivers being taken off the road due to wrong licence etc. 8 have recently been taken off road in the Calderdale area, how long for I ask? Police in Leeds used to hate private hire car drivers as they assisted house breakers! A stupid, dangerous driving manourve in Leeds, 80% of time its mainly private hire driver with a mix of take away drivers. Private hire car drivers are often in a rush to get to the next job and so will take unnecessary risks by driving fast. Have they passed advanced driving tests like police drivers? Look at my previous comments about licences! Hospital junior doctors hours are now regulated, am not sure what the maximum is now, but still believe it is a high figure. Brendan |
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16th Jan 2012 9:57am |
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| robpenrose Member Since: 15 Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire or Cornwall Posts: 338
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and boat skippers etc
I work offshore on boats, not as a skipper, but as a Surveyor. Try sleeping when its rough. We all often go days without a proper sleep, although we are still ok to work as we have our 12 hours off shift, apparently.....  Current:D4 HSE
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16th Jan 2012 9:57am |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253
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Agreed. You would never take a bus, train, plane, taxi etc. In fact you'd never go out. Then you'd trip over and fall down your stairs, or get electrocuted by a dodgy fire, or cut an artery whilst chopping an onion. It goes on. |
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16th Jan 2012 9:59am |
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| Surrey Rover Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Surrey Posts: 360 |
I did a year out on a semi with an attached super tanker in the North Sea, when it was rough I always raised a smile of thanks that I wasn't out on the support vessel!! Nick 2.2 110 Tipper |
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16th Jan 2012 10:00am |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5009
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Had a ride through London in the early hours once and the driver just kept nodding off, I had to keep nudging him and talknig to him to keep him awake - he was drving half asleep, quite something to see
One of them tried to overcharge me once getting to Putney. I wasn't having it and tried to do a runner but was pretty p?ssed. He grab hold of me but I punched him and got little further away but was too drunk to walk anywhere so I threw myself into a bush whilst other Taxi drivers he had called drove around looking for me. I got away with it. Certain taxis drivers  around here are a pain in the backside, they have their own rules of the road, it's like being in Bombay  |
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16th Jan 2012 11:50am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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I'd like to add another point, if it's dark, check it has headlights too... flippin airport run minibusses up and down the M3 with a headlight out
 (rant over)
(You would not want your family in one) |
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16th Jan 2012 7:10pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195 
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If you all want to get worried about something, i would give very large mobile cranes running at night a wide birth they weigh in excess of 80 tons and pound to a pinch of
the driver has been operating on site all day and driving to the next job over night catching a few hours nap in the back of a support van in the early hours then on to the next day, these boys regularly dont go home for weeks at a time. Their support ballast and jib trucks run tachos and swap drivers all the time but the crane drivers are in a world of their own. If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.
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16th Jan 2012 7:47pm |
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| BigRuss Member Since: 15 May 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2785 
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I was over taken on my way to yours Sunday morning by an airport taxi with all it's brake lights stuck on! Russell 2011MY 110 XS USW Black |
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16th Jan 2012 7:50pm |
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| IanW Member Since: 12 Jun 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 172 
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In Bristol private hire drivers are subject to a CRB check, knowledge test, enhanced DSA test, and communication skills. Hackney drivers too, but with a higher mark on the knowledge test. Out of three private hire vehicles checked on one day last week we took two off the road with illegal tyres, although on Saturday night 21 out of 22 vehicles [both catregories] were ok.
Bear in mind that there is no Council control over private hire fares, so always ask before the journey starts. The contract is with the private hire operator rather than the driver. If you flag down a private hire car the driver will not be insured or licensed to carry you - you need to book with a licensed operator. If you take a ride in a hackney the driver can only charge at the taximeter rate, provided the journey starts and ends within his local council area. He is allowed to negotiate a fare outside the council area where the car is registered. Beware of the 'fixed fare' scam - reiterate that a journey within a council area can only be charged at the meter rate, also the refusal to make a short journey - a hackney driver must carry you unless he feels threatened. Hope this sheds some light. Ian One wife - livid |
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16th Jan 2012 8:00pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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Sounds like we have a boy in blue here Ian
Communication skills test?  I wonder what standards are acceptable in Bristol? Now if that was aplied nation wide I can see a few private hire drivers getting upset
Speaking to police in Leeds a few years ago, they mention if they pulled a private hire car, they would wait for the traffic police to arrive, who had more specialised knowledge. Apparently if need be the traffic cops would basically 'remove the plate' from the private hire car. Brendan |
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16th Jan 2012 8:26pm |
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