In message , David
Cantrell writes
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 01:54:53PM +0000, Mike Hughes wrote:

It's always a judgement call. Sometimes I can see some 'undesirable'
nearby and wrongly assume that they are with the person flagging the
taxi. In those cases I just drive straight past and I'm sure the flagger
will think I'm just being bloody minded as s/he can't see the whole
picture.

If it's me that you drive past, I'll write down your number and be on
the phone to the PCO the next morning.

There is absolutely no offence committed by not stopping, even if you
have your for hire light on. Even then it is common practice for a night
driver to keep the doors locked until s/he has established that the
customers are 'reasonable' i.e. they are not eating and drinking, are
not likely to throw up, not just stopping the cab to put another,
comatose person in the back and then leave them, etc.

Only after that will I ask where they are going. Personally I don't care
where I go but there is a legal right to refuse any fare which is going
outside the licence area, going more than 12 miles or is likely to take
more than 1 hour. That last part could be especially important on some
occasions as there may well be serious traffic jams.

--
Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England
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