Taxi Driver Online

A CABBIE has been stripped of his licence for abusing three partially-sighted pensioners.

Private hire driver Elyas Haidari was recorded swearing at the women passengers on a camera installed inside his vehicle.

At one point, he was heard to say: “You die tonight.”

His licence was taken away in the first use of new “taxicam” evidence by city council bosses.

Licensing committee chairman Councillor Brian Parnell described Mr Haidari’s behaviour as “truly shocking”.

http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/478 ... assengers/

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I have always said that the cameras are there to protect not only the driver but the passengers as well.He must have been thick not to realizes he had a camera in his car.

I wish he was called Elvis......I could have posted all manner of things

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

If using cctv, don't you need to have a sign saying so? If the vehicle had got the sign then he is notonly thick but can't read either. If there was no sign, should the evidence have been used?

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Grandad,

Another reason to make CCTV compulsory.

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IDFIMH

I agree 100%

Are you trying to make a point?

correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the word CABBIE imply hackney driver and should not be used to describe a PH DRIVER

round here there have been dozens of cases of drivers verbally abusing customers but the council and police are scared of being accused of racism if they pursue the case perhasps compulsory cameras might be useful in these parts

I think he was one of those private hire cabbies we often hear about.

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IDFIMH

Are you sure he was PH, he picked them up legally! but having said that, he was better French than he was English, so probably PH, he did look like a scumbag, so again probably PH

I think there is a clue in the second line of the article.

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IDFIMH

Maybe that should be pointed out to the national press this morning the sun, the mirror and the daily mail are all running the story about a taxi driver.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

The LA have released the video;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8402703.stm

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

personally i could not support this type of behaviour ,and echo the comments about compulsory cctv

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