Nigel wrote:
lawman wrote:
toots wrote:
lawman wrote:
Nigel wrote:
lawman wrote:
Nigel wrote:
toots wrote:
As stated in thread after thread I believe all taxi drivers should be trained.
WHY???? I'm going to do a college course to enable me to teach the Police how to do their job. They'd soon tell me to F**K off when I waltz into the Police Station and tell them that I'm here to teach them how to do their job better. They'd bend me over and ram the truncheon up my arris.
Why should you not teach the police sounds ok to me since we had a car
salesman teaching a class full of experienced hacks the taxi btec

Your F***IN kidding?? The drongo that was teaching the drivers up our way had served time for benefit fraud and used to work for Help The Aged as a van driver.

Gotta go just have to nip up the uni teachin a class of doctors a bit of brain
surgery

You get what you deserve. All that intelligence and not one of you thought to walk out and report it to the relevant people

When you are being bullied and thretenened being told your licence will be revoked it aint dat simple

The people doing the bullying are those who are trying to teach us to be better drivers. It didn't work round our manor though the licensing officer paid a visit to the class to tell the instructor that the Council will not be implementing the course, that's all it is it'a a course which you can't fail which the instructor is getting nearly £1,000 per person, how many LO's and owners of firms are getting a nice big back handers from the instructors as an incentive for them to push drivers towards the test.
Word on street round our way is that one operator was offered £200 per driver he sent on the course, he's got 70+ drivers so he's made a nice little earner from nothing.
What do licensing officers Know about taxis, nothing! They do not know any more than most people here posting links. Then how can they try to tell a driver how to do his job? ANSWER-they carnt, they only guess. If the Licensing officers were all ex cabbies, then maybe because they have been out there in the real world, they could formulate a basic test. Until then they should stick to upholding the legislation & give out plates. That is there job remit.