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"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
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I've never used a Private Hire service. I strongly approve of the quality
of the service offered by London's taxis. I much prefer a black cab to the
green and white saloons used by most Brighton taxis.

Some of the drivers of black cabs can leave a great deal to be desired, as
I'm sure that many on this group could tell you.

I can't argue with that. The same is true for every occupation. Trouble
is the bad ones will always get the publicity. I doubt if there are many
on this group who know about the weekend outing to Disneyland with 100
taxis which took place in October all at no cost to the disabled and
disadvantaged kids and their carers. If just one taxi driver says or
does something that upsets someone then there is often a great furore.
Unfortunately life just isn't balanced.


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Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Mike Hughes wrote:

In message ,
writes
"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
...

I've never used a Private Hire service. I strongly approve of the
quality of the service offered by London's taxis. I much prefer a
black cab to the green and white saloons used by most Brighton taxis.

Some of the drivers of black cabs can leave a great deal to be desired,
as I'm sure that many on this group could tell you.

I can't argue with that. The same is true for every occupation. Trouble
is the bad ones will always get the publicity. [...] If just one taxi
driver says or does something that upsets someone then there is often a
great furore. Unfortunately life just isn't balanced.

Based on my experience as a cyclist, it's not a minority of bad apples.
Black cab drivers are almost universally aggressive and inconsiderate
drivers.

I doubt if there are many on this group who know about the weekend
outing to Disneyland with 100 taxis which took place in October all at
no cost to the disabled and disadvantaged kids and their carers.

I didn't - that's a sterling effort.

I'm reminded of the annual charity trip the Woolwich ferry crews do, which
takes one of the ferries up through Tower Bridge. I wonder how many other
transport modes in London do things like that? I can't quite see how it'd
work with the trams!

tom

--
Understanding the universe is the final purpose, as far as I'm
concerned. -- Ian York

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Mike Hughes wrote:

I doubt if there are many on this group who know about the weekend
outing to Disneyland with 100 taxis which took place in October all
at no cost to the disabled and disadvantaged kids and their carers.

I didn't - that's a sterling effort.

I'm reminded of the annual charity trip the Woolwich ferry crews do,
which takes one of the ferries up through Tower Bridge.

I bet the crews don't pay for the fuel, so it sounds like as much of a treat
for the crew as for anyone else.

In article ,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

I can't argue with that. The same is true for every occupation.
Trouble is the bad ones will always get the publicity. [...] If
just one taxi driver says or does something that upsets someone
then there is often a great furore. Unfortunately life just isn't
balanced.

Based on my experience as a cyclist, it's not a minority of bad
apples. Black cab drivers are almost universally aggressive and
inconsiderate drivers.

One only tends to notice the obnoxious ones, though I agree there are too
many of them.

--
Colin Rosenstiel