The responsibilities of a taxi driver
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OP
OP
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Almost unheard of with me. I always cause arguements on here and debates about if I was right or wrong. Clearly I was right and I am buzzing with the joy of everyone being proud of me (I did a goodun).
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
Good result - and well done, Matthew. Yup, me lad, you did a goodun 
And ...
Anything he does which "causes you alarm or distress". In other words, there is no definition of what might constitute harassment by him - speaking, approaching, driving too close, and anything else the stupid man might think of doing..... except in terms of how it makes YOU feel.
The guy's making a complaint concerns me a little (I've been there - it's ... "unpleasant", dealing with somebody who misuses the police service as a tool in their anti-social armoury).
He's thick as two short planks. Bright as a spent match. Dim as an Arctic dawn in December. And somebody so terminally stupid as to make a pre-emptive complaint to the police about you, despite your camera. He MAY also be stupid enough not to take a hint from the trouble he's caused himself? Take care.
The other side to this - you can bet the taxi drivers in Rhyll are talking amongst themselves. Something tells me you may not be seeing very much poor driving from the rest of them for quite some while
And ...
Anything he does which "causes you alarm or distress". In other words, there is no definition of what might constitute harassment by him - speaking, approaching, driving too close, and anything else the stupid man might think of doing..... except in terms of how it makes YOU feel.
The guy's making a complaint concerns me a little (I've been there - it's ... "unpleasant", dealing with somebody who misuses the police service as a tool in their anti-social armoury).
He's thick as two short planks. Bright as a spent match. Dim as an Arctic dawn in December. And somebody so terminally stupid as to make a pre-emptive complaint to the police about you, despite your camera. He MAY also be stupid enough not to take a hint from the trouble he's caused himself? Take care.
The other side to this - you can bet the taxi drivers in Rhyll are talking amongst themselves. Something tells me you may not be seeing very much poor driving from the rest of them for quite some while
OP
OP
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Do you think it would be wise for me to approach some of the drivers and just have a nice talk with them about some of their concerns about cyclists (prodominantly me)? I would explain that I am not there to cause problems but to solve them.The other side to this - you can bet the taxi drivers in Rhyll are talking amongst themselves. Something tells me you may not be seeing very much poor driving from the rest of them for quite some while
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
- Location
- Bridgend
It's easier to just use the international code "TAXI" , it describes the same as above , but in 4 letters.
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
- Location
- Bridgend
NO!
campbellab
Senior Member
- Location
- Swindon
What LYB said.
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
- Location
- Bridgend
What you have to remember Matthew is that as far as the moron and his mates are concerend you are WRONG, you were wrong before and you will always be wrong. The police are ganging up on them because .... ( Taxi drivers always have a greivance , against everyone ) and even though you were wrong and the moron was in the right the police found some way of spinning it to make it look as if the moron was wrong, but he and they really know that he was in the right all along and it's just a miscarriage of justice. Talking to them , ( I'm not sure you will be able to grunt at a low enough level) will make no difference, THIS is what happens when you "talk" to taxis drivers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20591302
BimblingBee
Guest
Firstly I've landed hear as a result of a post on another forum which directed me to your YouTube channel.
Obviously I'm not going to say that the Taxi driver was right however when I first saw your Youtube channel I thought that looks familiar... and then I realised who it was...
It was that idiot lad that I've seen countless times around Rhyl/Abergele area who goes about blasting his bike horn and shouting at people for no obvious reason. You've actually made quite a name for yourself in our office. Bearing in mind I cycle a VERY similar route to yourself which includes the area where this incident occurred I must ask myself why I have yet to experience any of the incidents that you've shown. Obviously I have a few close passes and inconveniences but nothing compares to what you seem to regularly experience, therefore I have to ask myself why you do? The only conclusion that I can make is that you appear to antagonise other road users including pedestrians and its absolutely no wonder you end up in these situations.
What is interesting is that I recognise some of the cars that you seem to have issues with and they cause me no bother. Why is that? Well its not rocket science given the evidence in some of your videos which remarkably seem to have disappeared in the last couple of days... you even have issues with pedestrians and actively cycle towards them at times!?
Therefore I would suggest you either stick to cycle paths (and maybe slow down too avoid near misses as displayed on your Youtube channel) or please use the roads but act in a manner that does not tar other cyclists with your brush.
Obviously I'm not going to say that the Taxi driver was right however when I first saw your Youtube channel I thought that looks familiar... and then I realised who it was...
It was that idiot lad that I've seen countless times around Rhyl/Abergele area who goes about blasting his bike horn and shouting at people for no obvious reason. You've actually made quite a name for yourself in our office. Bearing in mind I cycle a VERY similar route to yourself which includes the area where this incident occurred I must ask myself why I have yet to experience any of the incidents that you've shown. Obviously I have a few close passes and inconveniences but nothing compares to what you seem to regularly experience, therefore I have to ask myself why you do? The only conclusion that I can make is that you appear to antagonise other road users including pedestrians and its absolutely no wonder you end up in these situations.
What is interesting is that I recognise some of the cars that you seem to have issues with and they cause me no bother. Why is that? Well its not rocket science given the evidence in some of your videos which remarkably seem to have disappeared in the last couple of days... you even have issues with pedestrians and actively cycle towards them at times!?
Therefore I would suggest you either stick to cycle paths (and maybe slow down too avoid near misses as displayed on your Youtube channel) or please use the roads but act in a manner that does not tar other cyclists with your brush.
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
Yes .... but perhaps not quite that way?
On the few occasions I have had conversations with taxi drivers, it has always been
- after they've done some brilliant driving, and stopped a bit further on;
- and if they're with a company that is consistently good.
So I've taken the chance to thank them for their superb driving, and ask them pass to their boss my appreciation for the high standards maintained by the company. And almost every time, their response has been to ask me to write a letter to the council licensing office confirming that.
That's the key? The regime of the licensing office, and the attitudes of the bosses count a helluva lot more than the attitudes of individual drivers? We're not asking rocket science from them - the good drivers are already good, the poor ones won't give a toss unless the council and their bosses are on their case?
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
- Location
- Bridgend
Sniff sniff!
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
Did somebody open a can of sardines?
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
Great minds!
Cycling Dan
Cycle Crazy
This is a comment based one what another user said about Matt posing a video with his house on. The comment made by Matt i thought was silly but non the less that does not matter.
In relation to this i have an event i read about some time ago but was very much shocking. This goes to show you dont need a angry driver to do something terrible.
Anyhow the event
Im unsure of which country it took place in as it was some time ago.
There was a couple who were members of this couples site and they could post updates and such and have profiles. In the profile of the couple in question they had there postcode or equvilant, in the info which anyone could see. One day on the weekend the husband was going out with friends. The wife then posted on the site that the house was free and she had it all to her self. Inadvertently she said the number of the house. There was a person looking through the site looking for stuff like this. Lucky for him he was local and using the postcode and number he knew where she lived.
He then traveled to her house with the intent to rape and murder her. However the husband came back and he was knocked out by this person. His wife was then raped and murdered while he was in the bathroom.
So. Not a nice story and no idea how i remember this i guess it was that shocking when i read it on the web.
Just goes to show... it does not need to be an angry driver who finds you!
In relation to this i have an event i read about some time ago but was very much shocking. This goes to show you dont need a angry driver to do something terrible.
Anyhow the event
Im unsure of which country it took place in as it was some time ago.
There was a couple who were members of this couples site and they could post updates and such and have profiles. In the profile of the couple in question they had there postcode or equvilant, in the info which anyone could see. One day on the weekend the husband was going out with friends. The wife then posted on the site that the house was free and she had it all to her self. Inadvertently she said the number of the house. There was a person looking through the site looking for stuff like this. Lucky for him he was local and using the postcode and number he knew where she lived.
He then traveled to her house with the intent to rape and murder her. However the husband came back and he was knocked out by this person. His wife was then raped and murdered while he was in the bathroom.
So. Not a nice story and no idea how i remember this i guess it was that shocking when i read it on the web.
Just goes to show... it does not need to be an angry driver who finds you!
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
- Location
- Bridgend
Wouldn't be terrible if Mathew thought that Bimblingbee was a sockpuppet , connected to the original pair, and took their post along to the police as an example of the sort of harassment he was concerned about?
