After correspondence with the local Police and the local council taxi licensing department I have surmised that Swindon roads are basically lawless.
The local Police will not do anything unless a collision occurs or the event is actually witnessed by a Police officer, unlikely in Swindon as I very rarely see standard Police, let alone traffic Police. It does not matter how dangerous or how reckless the driver is, they do not have to fear any reprisals from the law. Helmet camera footage is useless apparently because I could have edited the footage with my "Steven Spielberg Home Movie Evidence Faker version 8" program to make a taxi driver, I do not know, look bad, although it will have good production values with lots of T-Rex's and Terminators to make it visually more interesting.
Now the local council taxi licensing authority have told me they will not do anything unless the Police prosecute. They haven't even bothered to view the video's and if the taxi driver states nothing happened, they will take his word for it, at face value.
Hold the phone, but that means no-one will do anything until a large, heavy metal box driven by a so called "professional" driver collides with me and potentially causes serious injury or death.
It has seriously made me reconsider taking the risk of commuting on two wheels.
The local Police will not do anything unless a collision occurs or the event is actually witnessed by a Police officer, unlikely in Swindon as I very rarely see standard Police, let alone traffic Police. It does not matter how dangerous or how reckless the driver is, they do not have to fear any reprisals from the law. Helmet camera footage is useless apparently because I could have edited the footage with my "Steven Spielberg Home Movie Evidence Faker version 8" program to make a taxi driver, I do not know, look bad, although it will have good production values with lots of T-Rex's and Terminators to make it visually more interesting.
Now the local council taxi licensing authority have told me they will not do anything unless the Police prosecute. They haven't even bothered to view the video's and if the taxi driver states nothing happened, they will take his word for it, at face value.
Hold the phone, but that means no-one will do anything until a large, heavy metal box driven by a so called "professional" driver collides with me and potentially causes serious injury or death.
It has seriously made me reconsider taking the risk of commuting on two wheels.