A TAXI driver from East Cambridgeshire has lost an appeal at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court, after he tried to get a decision to revoke his licence overturned. Mr Sukri Ahmet, aged 51 from Burwell, who was employed by Burwell Taxis Private Hire and Mini Bus Service, had his Joint Hackney Carriage and Private Driver Licence revoked [...]
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with stealing a taxi with an elderly female passenger still inside. The vehicle was taken from outside the Tesco Extra supermarket in Newton Aycliffe on Wednesday. It then collided with more than a dozen other cars, causing what police called “extensive damage”. The boy has been charged with aggravated [...]
TEESDALE taxi drivers say council-led changes will affect their business and could lead to a price war. From September, taxi drivers from across the whole of County Durham will be able to pick up and drop off areas anywhere within the region. At present, hackney carriage drivers work within one of seven allotted zones, meaning [...]
The following article was sent to the NTA by one of its members, names have been changed . Transport Management Consultants View I have read with interest the reasons for reform with total attention to detail, because as I am going to explain as a Qualified Passenger Transport Manager, the law is the same for [...]
A taxi driver sobbed as he received a suspended prison sentence today after a teenage passenger fell out of his moving vehicle and died. Jawaid Iqbal, 42, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving after Lisa Saville tumbled out of his moving vehicle and hit her head on the ground in City Lane, Wheatley, [...]
Cabbies could face stricter training amid fears they have lost their way – thanks to their love of sat navs. City bosses are considering a crackdown on drivers after uncovering a series of failures. Officers believe that once they have undertaken the ‘knowledge’ – the rigorous industry test that makes sure cabbies know their way [...]
A PRISON officer headbutted and repeatedly punched a taxi driver over £1 he owed towards his fare. But a judge showed Graeme Dougherty, 36, mercy after saying the attack on cabbie Alan Hope was a “moment of madness” and accepting he was genuinely remorseful. Suspending a 12-month sentence for two years, Judge Adrian Lyon said: [...]
A taxi boss fabricated evidence in a bid to hoodwink a tribunal panel in a case brought by an employee of his Leeds firm. Father of six Ashiq Ali, 49, from Alwoodley, has been awarded more than £18,000 in damages, costs and unpaid wages after he was suspended from a treasurer’s job at City Cabs [...]
A catalogue of bad behaviour by Greater Manchester’s cab drivers has been uncovered by the M.E.N. The shocking incidents include indecent exposure, abuse of traffic wardens, failing to report accidents and refusing to pick up disabled people. Nearly 1,500 complaints were made against drivers last year, according to figures obtained using Freedom of Information laws. [...]
A Watford taxi driver was today (Monday) cleared of exposing himself to a 15-year-old girl in his cab. Syed Haider, 37, was accused of pulling the waistband back of his trousers and showing his p*nis to the girl as he drove around a roundabout in Hemel Hempstead. He was arrested after she told a friend [...]
