Neil Williams wrote:

wrote:

It would be better for all if the cabs didn't have a small turning circle then
their drivers might be less inclined to do dangerous 180s on busy roads.

That is a good point. And you could always hail the taxi and cross the
road yourself, then he can run three sides of a block or use an appropriate
sideroad to turn around. Far more sensible.

Before anyone says "but it might be dangerous to cross the road", it's
unlikely to be safe to do a U turn on a road where it isn't safe to cross
as a pedestrian.


Do you have any statistics for the frequency of accidents caused by
taxis making U-turns? Or is it, as I strongly suspect, a problem that
exists only in theory?

Bruce wrote:

Do you have any statistics for the frequency of accidents caused by
taxis making U-turns? Or is it, as I strongly suspect, a problem that
exists only in theory?

Unlike Boltar I don't object to it, but I do suggest that vehicles not
capable of it would be better value for money.

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:18:39 +0000
Bruce wrote:
Do you have any statistics for the frequency of accidents caused by
taxis making U-turns? Or is it, as I strongly suspect, a problem that
exists only in theory?

Bad driving by taxi drivers is NOT a problem that exists only in theory.
I saw them doing plenty of idiotic manouvers when I worked in central london.
A lot of them do seem to think that the highway code doesn't apply to them
and that includes doing illegal u-turns.

B2003

wrote:

Bad driving by taxi drivers is NOT a problem that exists only in theory.
I saw them doing plenty of idiotic manouvers when I worked in central london.
A lot of them do seem to think that the highway code doesn't apply to them
and that includes doing illegal u-turns.

U turns are only illegal where specified. Quite a lot of people seem to
think they are illegal generally, but they are wrong.

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.

On 2 Nov 2012 00:22:39 GMT
Neil Williams wrote:
wrote:

Bad driving by taxi drivers is NOT a problem that exists only in theory.
I saw them doing plenty of idiotic manouvers when I worked in central london.
A lot of them do seem to think that the highway code doesn't apply to them
and that includes doing illegal u-turns.

U turns are only illegal where specified. Quite a lot of people seem to
think they are illegal generally, but they are wrong.

Believe me, if a normal motorist had done some of the u-turns I've seen
cabbies do they'd have been pulled by any nearby traffic plod.

B2003