http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Taxi driver gets community service for killing OAP" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:34:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13220#post-160935 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:13:00 +0000 gembo 160935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Claims he will never drive a taxi again but no info on other vehicles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13220#post-160934 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:01:23 +0000 gibbo 160934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does this, plus the Audrey Fyfe verdict, suggest the courts are taking the view that an OAP is worth less than a younger person?</p> <p>This driver will be back driving in 2.5 years - yet is incapable of seeing someone half way across a zebra crossing. </p> <p>Maybe, when his ban is over, he'll get a job as a Lothian buses driver.</p> <p>(See my story in the "bad driver" section last Saturday.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13220#post-160909 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:49:14 +0000 DaveC 160909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lets hope he never gets a licence again. I wonder if there is an appeals process for applicants to the Hackney Licence Authority by the public when someone applies for a licence? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13220#post-160903 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:28:12 +0000 crowriver 160903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The phrase "unduly lenient" springs to mind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13220#post-160881 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:06:15 +0000 chdot 160881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A taxi driver, who killed a 74-year old pedestrian on a Zebra crossing, has been ordered to perform 240 hours of unpaid work and disqualified from driving for 40 months.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/taxi-driver-gets-community-service-for-killing-oap-1-3496298" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/taxi-driver-gets-community-service-for-killing-oap-1-3496298</a> </p>