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Taxi Driver "Punched Cyclist"

20th August 2008

A taxi driver parked at High Wycombe bus station punched and kicked a cyclist who clipped his vehicle.

The 34-year-old was punched off his bike and kicked as he lay on the floor at the Bridge Street bus station on Saturday at 2.30pm.

Police are now hunting the hackney carriage driver.

A statement from Thames Valley Police said: "At approximately 2.30pm on Saturday a 34-year-old man was riding his pedal bike past the bus station in Bridge Street when he clipped the side of a parked Hackney Carriage Taxi with his handle bars; however, no damage was caused to the taxi.

"The taxi driver then punched the victim, causing him to fall off his bike, and kicked him as he lay on the floor.

"The taxi driver has short, neat, dark hair and a goatee beard. He was wearing a light blue top and jeans."

PC Marea Logan, investigating the crime, said: "This was a particularly violent attack that took place in broad day light."

Anyone with information can conact 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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I suppose the drivers version of events might be that the cyclist fell off his bike when he hit the cab and any injuries he sustained were brought about by his fall?

It will be interesting to read the other side of this story.

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JD

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The ex-mayor of London Ken Livingstone, on the Vanessa Phelps radio show, admitted to the listeners that he was too frightened to ride a bike through the streets of London from one of his homes in Cricklewood to City Hall as he was fearful some deluded Taxi driver might take revenge for Londoners and run him over. After all the baloney and propaganda Ken has spewed out about cycling, how it can save the planet if we all give up cars and cycle, he informs us that he hasn’t got the bottle to do it himself. Typical of this don’t do as I do, do as I say megalomaniac. Surely if it’s too dangerous for Ken to cycle then its too dangerous for the rest of us.
Have you notice the increasing amount of cyclists who are flaunting the law at night. No lights, dark clothing, no reflective panels and then they disregard the traffic lights. No wonder they are dying on our roads. Last night as I sat at the traffic lights, at the junction of Park road and Rossmore Road, a young woman on a bike that looked like it was twice her age, came up on the inside of my cab. As the lights changed I hesitated because I had a strange feeling she was about to do something unpredictable and she did just that.
The young lady cut right across the front of my taxi. To my astonishment she had no lights, dark clothing, no protective headwear and to top it all, she was listening to an MP3 player wearing earphones, completely oblivious to the outside world.
Personally I hold the metropolitan police responsible for not policing the situation properly. If cyclists were to be bought to account for there behavior , then the figures for road fatalities would plummet dramatically.

TFL, its too dangerous not just for Ken, but for anyone to cycle in London. It’s safest to travel by Taxi or bus.
BTW The London taxi trade has the fewest number of fatalities of passengers then any other form of public transport in the world.

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This cab driver didn't get away with it.

18 month ban for taxi driver

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And there's me thinking the press where about to get things right, a PH driver a taxi driver??????

yeah but the lengths the police will go to to catch a licensed driver are good.....what about the taxi driver on the other thread who was threatened by a knife..doesnt seem to be the same about of effort there.

CC

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CC I was in that situation a few years back, 11 or 12 years ago, i was held at knife point but I had the radio mike between my legs and my wife heard everything and called the police, I managed to get out of the cab and run,I met the police as they where arriving, the attacker left the scene with a wallet I gave him with £3.00 in it, the police got the dog out and followed him to his house, I picked him up from a local pub where everyone knew him, he got 6 months, you can check it out in the border telegraph or southern reporter or even the court cases.
The police should have prosecuted they ass-wipe and none of us should be put in that situation ever the courts should always come down heavily on would be ass-wipes and it should always be publicised

'Scotch' police seem to be a little better than their 'in gods country' counterparts.

CC

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The word Taxi might be ok In relevance to PH..this is how Wikipedia describe its meaning:


A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride. A taxicab is a vehicle for hire, with a driver, which conveys passengers between locations of their choice. In most other modes of public transport, the pick-up and drop-off locations are determined by the service provider, not by the passenger, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode.


Four distinct forms of 'taxicab' can be identified, by slightly differing terms in different countries: Hackney Carriage, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, available for hire and reward and for hailing on street; Private Hire Vehicles (PHVs), also known as minicabs; Private Hire Taxis, available by pre-booking, not (legally) available for hailing on street; Taxibuses, also known as Jitneys, operating on pre-set routes for hire and reward, typified by multiple stops and multiple; and Limousines, specialized vehicle licensed for operation by pre-booking.

Although types of vehicles and methods of regulation, hiring, dispatching, and negotiating payment differ significantly from country to country, many common characteristics exist

And they can't decide if they are road users or pedestrians!

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I think I am right in writing that there is no legal definition of the word 'Taxi' in English law.

Is there a legal definition of the word 'Taxi' in Scotland?

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Civic Government Scotland Act 1982

23(1) In sections 10 to 22 of this Act:-
“taxi” means a hire car which is engaged, by arrangements made in a public place between the person to be conveyed in it (or a person acting on his behalf) and its driver for a journey beginning there and then; and
“private hire car” means a hire car other than a taxi within the meaning of this subsection.

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Not exactly what you asked for, but I love this definition of a what is a 'taxi driver'.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020441.htm

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