As ever, don't believe everything you read in the EEN (I will remain silent on l'exactitude des chauffeurs de taxi d'Edimbourg)
http://www.taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34468
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
Todays bad taxi driving.
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Posted 4 years ago #
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Taxi #435
was cajoled into a black cab last night. Zero dashboard electrics working. Not just the dashboard lights, I could clearly see the speedo wasnt moving / stuck at 0.
#Edinbughsfinest
Posted 4 years ago # -
Black cab and private hire cab MoTs are done by the police garage.
So a year at most until this is fixed.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Taxis get MoTed every six months, I think.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Is it worth reporting to the inspector of such things?
Posted 4 years ago # -
Not so much a case of bad driving today, but extremely poor form. Spotted a man next to his parked taxi relieving himself in broad daylight near to the SKELF pump track.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Did he have a hand touching the vehicle and was he weeing onto a wheel?
I think it's just London where taxi drivers are allowed to wee in public if they meet those criteria. I even once saw a short film during the edfilmfest which showed a London taxi driver doing so.Posted 4 years ago # -
On what grounds is it less offensive if they're touching the vehicle?
I think this will be more common as more public toilets are closed, but most men pee into a bottle when caught short, surely?Posted 4 years ago # -
I thought this just applied to lorry drivers - a relic of the horsedrawn days, when public WCs were even less common than today.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Don't know that it was supposed to make it any less offensive other than by implicitly increasing the chance of any evacuatory appendages being exposed in a direction occupied by a large and partially-opaque vehicle. I can't remember where I heard of it (potentially QI) and the film I fortuitously saw it happen in shortly afterwards didn't comment upon it.
Posted 4 years ago # -
@wingpig
Sadly the Law commission has not been able to find evidence of any special provision for micturating taxi drivers.
https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/app/uploads/2015/03/Legal_Oddities.pdf
(page 6)
The thought of them all peeing while ranked illegally outside the Balmoral is quite amusing...
Posted 4 years ago # -
Yes! More of this please
Posted 3 years ago # -
Black cab #20 decided that 24mph down Dundas wasn't sufficient. So tailgated me then pulled along side (way too close), window down, some abuse then a little swerve towards me for good measure before speeding off to the red light.
Might fill in the Police 101 .docx if its a slow day in the office 2moro.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Black Cab #262
Reg SF67 KRJ on Shandon Place this morning, writing WhatsApp messages while driving down the road with a paying passenger in the back.
Failed to get a clear shot of him on the phone which is a bit of a fail on my part.
Posted 3 years ago #
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