On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Mike Hughes wrote:
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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. [...] 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
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